Sultriest

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sultry \Sul"try\ (s[u^]l"tr[y^]), a. [Compar. {Sultrier}
     (s[u^]l"tr[i^]*[~e]r); superl. {Sultriest}.] [From
     {Sweltry}.]
     1. Very hot, burning, and oppressive; as, Libya's sultry
        deserts.
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              Such as, born beneath the burning sky
              And sultry sun, betwixt the tropics lie. --Dryden.
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     2. Very hot and humid, or hot, close, stagnant, and
        oppressive, as air.
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              When in the sultry glebe I faint,
              Or on the thirsty mountain plant.     --Addison.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]
       3: burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid
          noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert" [syn: {torrid}]
       [also: {sultriest}, {sultrier}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sultriest
       See {sultry}