All sultriness synonyms
sul·try
S s noun sultriness
- oppressiveness — burdensome, unjustly harsh, or tyrannical: an oppressive king; oppressive laws.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- closeness — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- heat — the state of a body perceived as having or generating a relatively high degree of warmth.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- dewiness — The state or quality of being dewy.
- calefaction — the act of heating
- airlessness — The state or condition of being poorly ventilated; lacking good air circulation, having stale air.
- calidity — warmth
- humectation — A moistening.
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
- wetness — moistened, covered, or soaked with water or some other liquid: wet hands.
- mugginess — The characteristic of being muggy.
- humidness — Humidity.
- moistness — The property of being moist.
- fogginess — The characteristic or quality of being foggy.
- warmness — having or giving out a moderate degree of heat, as perceived by the senses: a warm bath.
- fieriness — The quality of being fiery.
- hotness — having or giving off heat; having a high temperature: a hot fire; hot coffee.
- incalescence — The state of being incalescent, or growing warm.
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- incandescence — the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- humidity — humid condition; moistness; dampness.