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muggy Definition

muggy (mugē)

adjective -·gier, -·gi·est

hot and damp, with little or no stirring of the air muggy weather

Etymology: < dial. mug, mist, drizzle, prob. < or akin to ON mugga < IE base *meuk- > muck

muggy Related Forms
mug·gi·ness noun
muggy Synonyms

muggy

modif.

damp, humid, moist; see wet 1.

muggy Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • weather: Finding the Goldie's BOP at sea level saved us a hike in hot, muggy weather up some steep slopes.
  • night: Hot conditions are expected to develop across many central and southern areas today with a muggy night to follow.
  • condition: With warm muggy conditions on 27th, I decided to run a third trap.
  • evening: Race 5: Oxford, August 29 2002 A muggy evening saw another record field of 229 runners.
  • air: It has been hay-fever weather, tho; the damp and muggy air helped to keep the pollen close to the ground.
  • morning: We've chosen a misty but muggy morning for our nine mile walk.

Modifying Another Word

  • very: Morning all, looks as if it might rain, still very muggy.
  • still: It was still muggy, with cloud settled around 500 feet below the tops.
  • so: So muggy, in fact, that about 2 in the morning the heavens opened and we were treated to a huge thunderstorm.

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