sultriness.

1. A quality of being uncomfortably hot and often humid.

2. A warm, suggestive quality associated with sensual appeal.

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Words that belong together

• summer sultriness
• sultriness of the air

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The sultriness of the air lingered after the sun had set.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.