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sultry
[ suhl-tree ]
adjective
- oppressively hot and close or moist; sweltering:
a sultry day.
Synonyms: humid, stifling, oppressive
- oppressively hot; emitting great heat:
the sultry sun.
- characterized by or associated with sweltering heat:
sultry work in the fields.
- characterized by or arousing passion:
sultry eyes.
sultry
/ ˈsʌltrɪ /
adjective
- (of weather or climate) oppressively hot and humid
- characterized by or emitting oppressive heat
- displaying or suggesting passion; sensual
sultry eyes
Derived Forms
- ˈsultriness, noun
- ˈsultrily, adverb
Other Words From
- sultri·ly adverb
- sultri·ness noun
- un·sultry adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of sultry1
Example Sentences
Her provocative stage presence in a dazzling series of Paris by Night videos, her tight-fitting body suits and bikini tops, her bravado and sultry voice made the older generation gasp.
In February, the singer won the first-ever Grammy for African music performance, for her sultry, gorgeously sung single “Water,” a defining track of the African music wave that’s reshaped the world’s pop and club music.
Clash's Ims Taylor agreed that the album as a whole doesn't match her lead singles - those "sultry, retro-tinged pop bops that assert Carpenter’s place as pop star, irresistible icon, reigning supreme over charts and admirers with infinite confidence".
His friend Gareth Williams described him as well-loved and kind, with "the deepest, most sultry voice in the world, and a smile that lit up the room."
On a sultry summer evening, Janos Szin, a tour operator who runs a number of bear hides in the Tusnad area, sends me the map coordinates where to wait.
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