Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Warm and extremely humid.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A half-intoxicated person.
- Containing moisture in suspension; damp and close; warm and humid: as, muggy air.
- Moist; damp; moldy.
- Also
muggish .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Moist; damp; moldy.
- adjective Warm, damp, and windless; uncomfortably hot and humid; sultry.
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- adjective etc
humid , orhot and humid.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective hot or warm and humid
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A plunge into those waters seems like a great idea from where I am sitting in muggy, hot Durham.
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Am in muggy NYC, but have very spotty wifi access since my once-reliable neighbors seem to have moved.
Breakfast in Bed desayunoencama 2008
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Saturday, two hours after the Bills completed their second of two practices in muggy conditions with temperatures peaking at 94.
USATODAY.com - Notes: Falcons' Finneran out for year; Titans lose Long; Nall out a while 2006
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Unfortunately the next day was gray and "muggy" -- a quality which the Queen had been told was characteristic of the Irish climate.
Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2 Sarah Tytler 1870
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It's going to be hot and muggy, which is going to make the cars slide around more.
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It's been hot and muggy, which is a good indicator that it's time to talk about snow.
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It's been hot and muggy, which is a good indicator that it's time to talk about snow.
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This is a town where summer means the kind of muggy humidity that soaks you to the skin.
Dave Zirin: This Sunday: The Diamondbacks Come to DC... and They're Not Alone 2010
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This is a town where summer means the kind of muggy humidity that soaks you to the skin.
Dave Zirin: This Sunday: The Diamondbacks Come to DC... and They're Not Alone 2010
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It's somewhere in between last week's chill and the "muggy" showery days over the weekend.
Forecast: Mild New Year, before cold returns Camden Walker 2010
bob_mayer commented on the word muggy
Henry Morgan, a comedian, used 'muggy' in his act. "After Easter the weather will be muggy, followed by Tuegy, Wednegy, Thursgy, and Frigy."
April 8, 2012
bilby commented on the word muggy
Old Norse was some language.
December 20, 2018