muggy
[adjective]
Synonyms: humid, clammy, close, moist, oppressive, sticky, stuffy, sultry

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Contrasted words: dry
Related Words: damp, dampish, moist, moisty, wettish

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English Thesaurus: damp, humid, muggy, dank, moist, ...

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mug‧gy /ˈmʌɡi/ adjective
[Date: 1700-1800; Origin: mug 'light rain' (1700-1800), probably from a Scandinavian language]
informal muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and the air seems wet Synonym : humid

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

damp slightly wet, especially in a cold unpleasant way:
It was a cold damp morning.
humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.

[TahlilGaran] English Thesaurus ▲

damp slightly wet:
Iron the shirt while it is still damp.
a damp cloth
moist slightly wet, especially when this is pleasant or how something should be:
a moist chocolate cake
The cream helps to keep your skin moist.
Make sure that the soil is moist.
clammy slightly wet and sticky, in an unpleasant way – used especially about someone’s skin:
His hands were cold and clammy.
humid hot and damp in an unpleasant way:
Florida can be very humid in the summer.
muggy warm and damp and making you feel uncomfortable:
This muggy weather gives me a headache.
dank dank air is cold and damp and smells unpleasant – used especially about the air inside a room:
The dank air smelled of stale sweat.

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