sultry (adj.)

  1. sexually exciting or gratifying; sensual excesses; a sultry look; a sultry dance

    [ Syn: sensual ]

  2. 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 ]

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