steamy

steam·y

S s

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [stee-mee]
- /ˈsti mi/
- /ˈstiː.mi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [stee-mee]
- /ˈsti mi/

Definitions of steamy word

adjective steamy consisting of or resembling steam. 1
adjective steamy full of or abounding in steam; emitting steam. 1
adjective steamy covered with or as if with condensed steam: a steamy bathroom mirror. 1
adjective steamy hot and humid. 1
adjective steamy Informal. passionate or erotic. 1
adjective steamy full of steam 1

See all 16 definitions of steamy

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Origin of steamy

First appearance:

before 1635

One of the 43% oldest English words

First recorded in 1635-45; steam + -y1

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Parts of speech for Steamy

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Steamy

steamy popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 80% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for steamy

adj steamy

animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
damp — Something that is damp is slightly wet.
dank — A dank place, especially an underground place such as a cave, is unpleasantly damp and cold.
dewy — Something that is dewy is wet with dew.
drizzly — to rain gently and steadily in fine drops; sprinkle: It drizzled throughout the night.

noun steamy

clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.
dewiness — The state or quality of being dewy.

adjective steamy

erogenous — (of a part of the body) Sensitive to sexual stimulation.
erotic — Of, relating to, or tending to arouse sexual desire or excitement.
evaporating — Present participle of evaporate.
fogged — a cloudlike mass or layer of minute water droplets or ice crystals near the surface of the earth, appreciably reducing visibility. Compare ice fog, mist, smog.
gassy — full of or containing gas.

All 37 Synonyms of steamy