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SULTRINESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does sultriness mean?
• SULTRINESS (noun)
The noun SULTRINESS has 2 senses:
1. oppressively hot and humid weather
2. the quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire
Familiarity information: SULTRINESS used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Oppressively hot and humid weather
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Hypernyms ("sultriness" is a kind of...):
hot weather (a period of unusually high temperatures)
Derivation:
sultry (characterized by oppressive heat and humidity)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The quality of expressing or arousing sexual desire
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context example:
the sultriness of lust was in the air
Hypernyms ("sultriness" is a kind of...):
desirability; desirableness; oomph; sex appeal (attractiveness to the opposite sex)
Derivation:
sultry (sexually exciting or gratifying)
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