Sultry
adjective
Hot and humid.
The sultry weather in July made everyone feel tired and irritable.
Often appears as...
- sultry summer
- sultry air
adjective
Attractive in a way that shows or suggests a strong sexual nature.
She is known for her sultry looks that charm people around her.
Often appears as...
- sultry look
- sultry voice
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
adjective
Describing an atmosphere that is thick with tension or passion.
His sultry gaze made her feel uneasy but excited.
Often appears as...
- sultry gaze
- sultry atmosphere
Usage tips
Idiomatic
adjective
Hot and humid.
The sultry weather in July made everyone feel tired and irritable.
Often appears as...
- sultry summer
- sultry air
adjective
Attractive in a way that shows or suggests a strong sexual nature.
She is known for her sultry looks that charm people around her.
Often appears as...
- sultry look
- sultry voice
Usage tips
Approving
Idiomatic
adjective
Describing an atmosphere that is thick with tension or passion.
His sultry gaze made her feel uneasy but excited.
Often appears as...
- sultry gaze
- sultry atmosphere
Usage tips
Idiomatic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Use 'sultry' to describe weather that feels oppressively warm, often before a thunderstorm.
The forecast predicts a sultry day with possible thunderstorms in the evening.
Pro Tip 2/3Feels Uncomfortable
'Sultry' often implies discomfort due to excessive heat and moisture.
The air was so sultry that it was hard to breathe.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hot
'Sultry' is more than hot; it's hot and humid together, making it feel steamy.
After the rain, the city was enveloped in sultry heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Use 'sultry' to describe weather that feels oppressively warm, often before a thunderstorm.
The forecast predicts a sultry day with possible thunderstorms in the evening.
Pro Tip 2/3Feels Uncomfortable
'Sultry' often implies discomfort due to excessive heat and moisture.
The air was so sultry that it was hard to breathe.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hot
'Sultry' is more than hot; it's hot and humid together, making it feel steamy.
After the rain, the city was enveloped in sultry heat.
Pro Tip 1/3Weather Related
Use 'sultry' to describe weather that feels oppressively warm, often before a thunderstorm.
The forecast predicts a sultry day with possible thunderstorms in the evening.
Pro Tip 2/3Feels Uncomfortable
'Sultry' often implies discomfort due to excessive heat and moisture.
The air was so sultry that it was hard to breathe.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Just Hot
'Sultry' is more than hot; it's hot and humid together, making it feel steamy.
After the rain, the city was enveloped in sultry heat.
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Video examples
Seafood and Survival PIPE...
air into this warm dank dense sultry sexy smelling spicy environment oh I mean it's really cool you're just in a totally different world and then he said I've still got all this hot water what I'm gonna do with it I know you know we cows caviar and bananas that's it caviar that's what I had forgotten
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
kelipah - a bachelor seems was it well oh ah ah what is that on all today on our team does it move the sultry squeeze importance and you know it's it's kind of surreal for me that this you know this literally was starting to walk in
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Why I love a country...
That all disappeared. We were to be rounded up and imprisoned in 10 barbed-wire prison camps in some of the most desolate places in the blistering hot desert of Arizona, the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
Video examples
Seafood and Survival PIPE...
air into this warm dank dense sultry sexy smelling spicy environment oh I mean it's really cool you're just in a totally different world and then he said I've still got all this hot water what I'm gonna do with it I know you know we cows caviar and bananas that's it caviar that's what I had forgotten
Video examples
The Khan Academy PIPE...
kelipah - a bachelor seems was it well oh ah ah what is that on all today on our team does it move the sultry squeeze importance and you know it's it's kind of surreal for me that this you know this literally was starting to walk in
Video examples
Why I love a country...
That all disappeared. We were to be rounded up and imprisoned in 10 barbed-wire prison camps in some of the most desolate places in the blistering hot desert of Arizona, the sultry swamps of Arkansas,
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Quote examples
Wynter Gordon
American Musician
What I love about Sade other than her smooth and sultry voice is her willingness to be vulnerable. As a powerful, strong and beautiful woman of color, she showed her delicate, passionate side in a world where most of us are putting on a brave face. I love how effortless her style was and how consistent that red lip was!
Quote examples
John James Audubon
American Scientist
Reader, persons who have never witnessed a hurricane, such as not unfrequently desolates the sultry climates of the south, can scarcely form an idea of their terrific grandeur. One would think that, not content with laying waste all on land, it must needs sweep the waters of the shallows quite dry to quench its thirst.
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Marc Jacobs
American Designer
I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked different types, moods or sensibilities of a woman - whether it's Daisy with the sweetness and the innocence or Lola which is more provocative, sexy and sultry.
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Kate O'Mara
English Actress
I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent.
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Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in clipped sentences. To employ gritty metaphor in the introduction of sultry blondes... I can't do it, so why bother trying?
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LaToya London
American Musician
I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles.
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Laura Bell Bundy
American Actress
I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
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Carine Roitfeld
Editor
My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
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Paul Taylor
American Dancer
My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.
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Sabrina Claudio
American Singer
Everything that I do, it just has the sultry vibe behind it.
Quote examples
Wynter Gordon
American Musician
What I love about Sade other than her smooth and sultry voice is her willingness to be vulnerable. As a powerful, strong and beautiful woman of color, she showed her delicate, passionate side in a world where most of us are putting on a brave face. I love how effortless her style was and how consistent that red lip was!
Quote examples
John James Audubon
American Scientist
Reader, persons who have never witnessed a hurricane, such as not unfrequently desolates the sultry climates of the south, can scarcely form an idea of their terrific grandeur. One would think that, not content with laying waste all on land, it must needs sweep the waters of the shallows quite dry to quench its thirst.
Quote examples
Marc Jacobs
American Designer
I think scent is sensual. I guess evoking a mood or a spirit is key, and I think with the women's fragrances we have evoked different types, moods or sensibilities of a woman - whether it's Daisy with the sweetness and the innocence or Lola which is more provocative, sexy and sultry.
Quote examples
Kate O'Mara
English Actress
I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent.
Quote examples
Jesse Kellerman
American Novelist
I ought to be more hardboiled; I'd like to be. I don't think I have it in me. To write in clipped sentences. To employ gritty metaphor in the introduction of sultry blondes... I can't do it, so why bother trying?
Quote examples
LaToya London
American Musician
I want to tap into different styles. Something definitely mature, sultry, sensual, easy listening that everyone can enjoy. Every one of every race and everyone that likes different styles.
Quote examples
Laura Bell Bundy
American Actress
I started to write a lot of ballads that were sultry and had a Norah Jones-for-country kind of feel. I wanted to bring elements of old soul music and old country music.
Quote examples
Carine Roitfeld
Editor
My private life is a lot more ladylike and less sultry than the fashion photos I imagine.
Quote examples
Paul Taylor
American Dancer
My sound is very smooth. Not to be to cliche, but really sensual and sultry.
Quote examples
Sabrina Claudio
American Singer
Everything that I do, it just has the sultry vibe behind it.
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