Muggy

Quick meaning: Muggy is an adjective meaning (of the weather, air, etc.) Humid, or hot and humid.

Meaning

(of the weather, air, etc.) Humid, or hot and humid.

More Meanings

1. (obsolete) Wet or mouldy.
2. (obsolete, slang) Drunk.

Example Sentences

The next was a very unpropitious morning for a journey—muggy, damp, and drizzly.

Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport.

The evening, though sunless, had been warm and muggy for the season, and Tess had come out with her milking-hood only, naked-armed and jacketless; certainly not dressed for a drive.

What struck me as the most curious thing about this wonderful river was: how did the air keep fresh? It was muggy and thick, no doubt, but still not sufficiently so to render it bad or even remarkably unpleasant.

Word Forms

• muggier
• muggiest

Synonyms for muggy

Depending on context, synonyms include close, heavy, oppressive, steamy, sticky, sultry.

Antonyms for muggy

Common opposites include torrid, clammy, dank, raw.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include steamy, wet, sticky, damp, humid, moist.

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