sultry : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sultry	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sultry
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sultry adj sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance" Synonym(s): sensual, sultry characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" Synonym(s): sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sultry \Sul"try\, a. [Compar. {Sultrier}; superl. {Sultriest}.] [From {Sweltry}.] 1. 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. 2. Very hot and moist, or hot, close, stagnant, and oppressive, as air. When in the sultry glebe I faint, Or on the thirsty mountain plant. --Addison.