Crossword clues for sultriest
sultriest
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Sultry \Sul"try\ (s[u^]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. Sultrier (s[u^]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Sultriest.] [From Sweltry.]
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Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry deserts.
Such as, born beneath the burning sky And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie.
--Dryden. -
Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air.
When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
a. (en-superlativesultry)
WordNet
adj. sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" [syn: sensual]
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous]
burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: torrid]
See sultry
Usage examples of "sultriest".
Strabismus in her sultriest manner, as if to say: “I know you’re a fraud, an outrageous fraud, and if I had you alone for two minutes, I’d have your pants down.
Quark,” she finished in her sultriest tones, “I know you will not fail me.