muggier; muggiest
: being warm, damp, and close
Examples of muggy in a Sentence
a muggy day in August
It's very muggy out today.
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Everything's hot and muggy, and there's voodoo and magic and booze and music permeating the air.
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Some spots in the desert Southwest were expecting temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius), and hot, muggy conditions also permeated the Deep South and Middle Atlantic.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 July 2024
Police arrived in force about 9:30 p.m. when Robinson and her son were sitting in her driveway, using the car's air conditioner to cool off on a muggy night.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2024
The muggy weather Wednesday night didn’t take as much out of the American women as the 95-plus-degree temperatures Tuesday afternoon did, leaving the U.S. squad wilted in a loss to Germany.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2024
Some spots in the desert Southwest were expecting temperatures topping 120 degrees Fahrenheit (49 degrees Celsius), and hot, muggy conditions also permeated the Deep South and Middle Atlantic.
—Prarthana Prakash, Fortune, 5 July 2024
Police arrived in force about 9:30 p.m. when Robinson and her son were sitting in her driveway, using the car's air conditioner to cool off on a muggy night.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2024
The muggy weather Wednesday night didn’t take as much out of the American women as the 95-plus-degree temperatures Tuesday afternoon did, leaving the U.S. squad wilted in a loss to Germany.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
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“Muggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muggy. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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muggy
adjective
mug·gy
ˈməg-ē 
muggier; muggiest
: being warm and humid
a muggy day in August
mugginess
noun
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