humid
hu·mid
adj \ˈhyü-məd, ˈyü-\Definition of HUMID
: containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive
— hu·mid·ly adverb
Examples of HUMID
- <the air was so humid that our beach towels hanging on the line never really got dry>
Origin of HUMID
French or Latin; French humide, from Latin humidus, from humēre
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to HUMID
Related Words: steamy, summerlike, summery, sweltering, torrid; semitropical (also semitropic), subhumid, subtropical (also subtropic), tropic, tropical; close, heavy, oppressive, smothering, stifling, stuffy, suffocating; clammy, dank, moist; awash, bathed, doused (also dowsed), drenched, dripping, saturated, soaked, soaking, sodden, soggy, sopping, soppy, soused, washed, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet
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