as in humid
containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture
the air was so muggy we felt we just had to go for a swim
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Recent Examples of muggy
Everything's hot and muggy, and there's voodoo and magic and booze and music permeating the air.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The highest average daily sunshine is between January and March with moderate temperatures that are a far cry from the muggy summer months.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
On a muggy Monday morning, a couple dozen of Honey’s relatives — nieces and nephews, siblings and cousins, Patman and their children — gathered in a pavilion at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery for the farewell they had long been denied.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The highest average daily sunshine is between January and March with moderate temperatures that are a far cry from the muggy summer months.
—Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024
On a muggy Monday morning, a couple dozen of Honey’s relatives — nieces and nephews, siblings and cousins, Patman and their children — gathered in a pavilion at the Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery for the farewell they had long been denied.
—Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muggy
Adjective
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Additionally, there’s a humid sauna for a deeper relaxation experience.—
Amanda Lauren,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Twenty-seven years in a barrel, through hot and humid Kentucky summers and icy cold winters, should turn a bourbon into a tannic oak bomb.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
27 Apr. 2025
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Fallen blossoms whisper on the damp earth, a fleeting poem of transience.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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Make sure your skin is damp but not soaking wet—otherwise the shaving cream can slip off your skin.—
Megan Gustashaw,
Glamour,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Muggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muggy. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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