Muggy

//ˈmʌɡi// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Humid, or hot and humid. usually

    "The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly."

  2. 2
    Wet or mouldy. obsolete

    "muggy straw"

  3. 3
    Drunk. obsolete, slang
Adjective
  1. 1
    hot or warm and humid wordnet

Synonyms

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closehumidsteamycloseoppressivesticky

Example

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"It is less muggy today than it was yesterday."

Etymology

From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.

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