sultry
The word “sultry” has 2 syllables: sul-try
It's pronounced as /ˈsʌltri/
What is synonym and antonym for sultry?
In the thesaurus, “sultry” has 82 synonyms and 56 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for sultry along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for sultry
- ardent
- awash
- bathed
- blazing
- boiling
- broiling
- burning
- canicular
- clammy
- close
- damp
- dank
- doused
- dowsed
- drenched
- dripping
- enflamed
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- fiery
- flushed
- glowing
- heated
- heavy
- hot
- humid
- igneous
- inflamed
- moist
- molten
- muggy
- oppressive
- overheated
- piping hot
- red
- red-hot
- reheated
- roasting
- saturated
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- seething
- semitropic
- semitropical
- sizzling
- smothering
- snug
- soaked
- soaking
- sodden
- soggy
- sopping
- soppy
- soused
- steamy
- sticky
- stifling
- stuffy
- subhumid
- subtropic
- subtropical
- suffocating
- summerlike
- summery
- superheated
- sweltering
- toasty
- torrid
- tropic
- tropical
- ultrahot
- warm
- warmed
- warmish
- washed
- watered
- waterlogged
- watery
- wet
- white-hot
Antonyms for sultry
- algid
- arctic
- arid
- baked
- benumbed
- bitter
- blizzardly
- bone-chilling
- bracing
- burned
- burnt
- chill
- chilled
- chilly
- cold
- coldish
- cool
- cooled
- coolish
- crisp
- dehydrated
- desert
- droughty
- dry
- dusty
- freezing
- fresh
- frigid
- frosty
- frozen
- glacial
- ice-cold
- iced
- icy
- invigorating
- nippy
- numb
- parched
- refreshing
- refrigerated
- scorched
- sear
- seared
- semiarid
- sere
- shivering
- snappy
- snowy
- subfreezing
- subzero
- sunbaked
- thirsty
- unheated
- waterless
- wintery
- wintry
Meanings of sultry
- adjective
- Hot and humid.
- Very hot and dry; torrid.
- Sexually enthralling.
Example Sentences
- The air was sultry after the afternoon rain.
- She gave him a sultry look across the room.
- The night was sultry, with barely a breeze to cool things down.
- A sultry wind swept through the crowded marketplace.
- The singer’s sultry voice captivated everyone in the audience.
On this page you'll find 138 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to sultry, such as: algid, arctic, ardent, arid, awash, baked, bathed.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
damp
- abate
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- blunt
- burn out
- castrate
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- close
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- petrify
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- remoisten
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- sap
- saturate
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- semimoist
- semitropic
- semitropical
- sluice
- smothering
- soak
- soaked
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- sodden
- soddenness
- sogginess
- soggy
- sopping
- soppy
- souse
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- steam bath
- steamy
- steep
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- stickiness
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- stuffiness
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- subdue
- subhumid
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- subtropic
- subtropical
- suffocating
- sultriness
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- summerlike
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- tropic
- tropical
- undermine
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- wash
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- water
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- watered
- waterlogged
- watery
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- wet
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- wettish
dampish
- awash
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- clammy
- close
- damp
- dank
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- dowsed
- drenched
- dripping
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- soaked
- soaking
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- sticky
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- sultry
- summery
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- teary
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- tropical
- washed
- water-soaked
- watered
- waterlogged
- watery
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ultrahot
- ardent
- blazing
- boiling
- broiling
- burning
- canicular
- enflamed
- fervent
- fervid
- feverish
- fiery
- flushed
- glowing
- heated
- hot
- igneous
- inflamed
- molten
- muggy
- overheated
- piping hot
- red
- red-hot
- reheated
- roasting
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- seething
- sizzling
- snug
- steamy
- sultry
- summerlike
- summery
- superheated
- sweltering
- toasty
- torrid
- tropical
- warm
- warmed
- warmish
- white-hot
dank
igneous
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- afire
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- agitable
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- ardent
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- blistering
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- broiling
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- calescent
- canicular
- choleric
- cimmerian
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- decalescent
- enflamed
- enthusiastic
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- glowing
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- hectic
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- hot-blooded
- hot-headed
- hot-tempered
- humid
- ignited
- impassioned
- impetuous
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- in flames
- incandescent
- infernal
- inflamed
- intense
- irascible
- irritable
- like an oven
- liquefied
- madcap
- molten
- muggy
- on fire
- ovenlike
- overheated
- parching
- peppery
- perfervid
- piping
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- precipitate
- recalescent
- red
- red-hot
- reheated
- roasting
- scalding
- scorching
- searing
- seething
- sizzling
- smelted
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- spirited
- steaming
- steamy
- stuffy
- sultry
- summerlike
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- superheated
- sweltering
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- thermogenic
- toasty
- torrid
- tropic
- tropical
- ultrahot
- unrestrained
- vehement
- very warm
- violent
- warm
- warmed
- warmish
- white
- white-hot