Synonyms of muggy

muggy

adjective

ˈmə-gē 

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humid
• damp
• sticky
• moist
• sultry
• tropical
• oppressive
• tropic
• wet
• sweltering
• subtropical
• steamy
• subtropic
• heavy
• torrid
• summery
• semitropical
• subhumid
• summerlike
• clammy
• stifling
• stuffy
• dank
• suffocating
• saturated
• soggy
• dripping
• smothering
• sodden
• drenched
• soaked
• waterlogged
• bathed
• soaking
• close
• sopping
• semitropic
• washed
• watery
• watered
• awash
• soppy
• soused
• doused
• dowsed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• cool
• refreshing
• fresh
• crisp
• bracing
• arid
• dusty
• droughty
• burnt
• semiarid
• dehydrated
• thirsty
• burned
• baked
• parched
• scorched
• desert
• invigorating
• sunbaked
• waterless
• seared
• sere
• sear

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of muggy

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

After a muggy practice in August, left guard Ben Powers sat on a bench and set the standard. —Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 20 Sep. 2024