muggy

mug·gy

adj \ˈmə-gē\

mug·gi·ermug·gi·est

Definition of MUGGY

: being warm, damp, and close

— mug·gi·ness \ˈmə-gē-nəs\ noun

Examples of MUGGY

1. a muggy day in August
2. It's very muggy out today.

Origin of MUGGY

English dialect mug drizzle

First Known Use: 1746

Related to MUGGY

Synonyms: damp, humid, sticky, sultry

Antonyms: dry

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

Near Antonyms: bracing, cool, crisp, fresh, invigorating, refreshing; arid, baked, burned (or burnt), dehydrated, desert, droughty, dusty, parched, scorched, seared, semiarid, sere (also sear), sunbaked, thirsty, waterless

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Other Climate/Meteorology Terms

monsoon, occlusion, ozone, rime, squall, zephyr

Rhymes with MUGGY

buggy, druggie, druggy, fuggy, vuggy