It was very sultry that night.
Source: tatoeba (44410)
Sultry
//ˈsʌltɹi//
Synonyms for "sultry" (85 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (26)
Related words (42)
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Translations
77 translations across 33 languages.
Bikol Central
1 entries- maalingahot adj (hot and humid)
Bulgarian
3 entries- душен adj (hot and humid)
- жарък adj (very hot and dry)
- зноен adj (hot and humid)
Catalan
3 entries- calent adj (sexually enthralling)
- tòrrid adj (very hot and dry)
- xafogós adj (hot and humid)
Czech
4 entries- dusný adj (hot and humid)
- parný adj (hot and humid)
- smyslný adj (sexually enthralling)
- svůdný adj (sexually enthralling)
Danish
4 entries- lummer adj (hot and humid)
- sanselig adj (sexually enthralling)
- sensuel adj (sexually enthralling)
- trykkende adj (very hot and dry)
Dutch
4 entries- sensueel adj (sexually enthralling)
- snikheet adj (very hot and dry)
- stikkend adj (hot and humid)
- zwoel adj (hot and humid)
Esperanto
1 entries- aermanka adj (hot and humid)
Finnish
4 entries- helteinen adj (very hot and dry)
- kuuma adj (sexually enthralling)
- paahteinen adj (very hot and dry)
- painostava adj (hot and humid)
French
4 entries- lourd adj (hot and humid)
- torride adj (very hot and dry)
- torride adj (sexually enthralling)
- étouffant adj (hot and humid)
Galician
2 entries- quente adj (sexually enthralling)
- tórrido adj (very hot and dry)
German
4 entries- drückend adj (very hot and dry)
- heiß adj (very hot and dry)
- heiß adj (sexually enthralling)
- schwül adj (hot and humid)
Greek
3 entries- αποπνικτικός adj (very hot and dry)
- υγρός και ζεστός adj (hot and humid)
- φλογερός adj (sexually enthralling)
Hungarian
3 entries- fullasztó adj (hot and humid)
- fülledt adj (hot and humid)
- tikkasztó adj (hot and humid)
Irish
1 entries- macnasach adj (sexually enthralling)
Italian
1 entries- afoso adj (hot and humid)
Japanese
1 entries- 蒸し暑い adj (hot and humid)
Kapampangan
1 entries- malisangan adj (hot and humid)
Latin
1 entries- aestifer adj (hot and humid)
Mongolian
2 entries- бүгчим adj (hot and humid)
- ᠪᠦᠭᠴᠢᠮ adj (hot and humid)
Māori
1 entries- tūāhuru adj (hot and humid)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- lummer adj (hot and humid)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- lummer adj (hot and humid)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- ایصی adj (hot and humid)
- حرارتلو adj (hot and humid)
- حریر adj (hot and humid)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- schwool adj (hot and humid)
Polish
4 entries- duszny adj (hot and humid)
- gorący adj (hot and humid)
- parny adj (hot and humid)
- uwodzicielski adj (sexually enthralling)
Portuguese
3 entries- mormacento adj (hot and humid)
- tórrido adj (very hot and dry)
- tórrido adj (sexually enthralling)
Russian
3 entries- зно́йный adj (hot and humid)
- зно́йный adj (very hot and dry)
- зно́йный adj (sexually enthralling)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- sporno adj (hot and humid)
Spanish
4 entries- bochornoso adj (hot and humid)
- caliente adj (sexually enthralling)
- tórrido adj (very hot and dry)
- tórrido adj (sexually enthralling)
Swedish
1 entries- kvalmig adj (hot and humid)
Tagalog
1 entries- maalinsangan adj (hot and humid)
Thai
1 entries- ร้อนชื้น adj (hot and humid)
Turkish
1 entries- sıcak ve nemli adj (hot and humid)
Sample sentences
23 total sentences available.
On a sultry night in August a new theatre opened for business.
Source: tatoeba (72324)
It was sultry last night.
Source: tatoeba (244846)
I want to disappear somewhere! I tend to feel like that in sultry summers.
Source: tatoeba (329381)
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