Synonyms and Antonyms of sultry
1
containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture
- on really sultry days we go to the mall to hang out and cool off
steamy, summerlike, summery, sweltering, torrid
semitropical (also semitropic), subhumid, subtropical (also subtropic), tropic, tropical
close, heavy, oppressive, smothering, stifling, stuffy, suffocating
clammy, dank, moist
awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet
bracing, cool, crisp, fresh, invigorating, refreshing
arid, baked, burned (or burnt), dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, semiarid, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty, waterless
2
having a notably high temperature
- the incredibly dry, sultry desert air
ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, superheated, sweltering, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot
blazing, glowing, igneous, molten, seething, sizzling
heated, overheated, reheated, warmed
snug, toasty, warm, warmish
feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)
canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical
chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy
blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery)
chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated
benumbed, numb, shivering
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy
