Synonyms of muggy

muggy

adjective

ˈmə-gē 

as in humid

containing or characterized by an uncomfortable amount of moisture

the air was so muggy we felt we just had to go for a swim

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humid
• damp
• sticky
• moist
• sultry
• tropical
• oppressive
• tropic
• wet
• sweltering
• subtropical
• steamy
• subtropic
• heavy
• torrid
• summery
• semitropical
• subhumid
• summerlike
• clammy
• stifling
• stuffy
• dank
• suffocating
• saturated
• soggy
• dripping
• smothering
• sodden
• drenched
• soaked
• waterlogged
• bathed
• soaking
• close
• sopping
• semitropic
• washed
• watery
• watered
• awash
• soppy
• soused
• doused
• dowsed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dry
• cool
• refreshing
• fresh
• crisp
• bracing
• arid
• dusty
• droughty
• burnt
• semiarid
• dehydrated
• thirsty
• burned
• baked
• parched
• scorched
• desert
• invigorating
• sunbaked
• waterless
• seared
• sere
• sear

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of muggy

Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool. —Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024

The return of the fog bank also signaled the end of a muggy, volatile stretch of weather that brought thunder and lightning throughout the state and in the region. —Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024

The highest average daily sunshine is between January and March with moderate temperatures that are a far cry from the muggy summer months. —Ramsey Qubein, Forbes, 25 Sep. 2024

On a muggy morning in late July, the stylist Law Roach was at the Guggenheim Museum, ready to make a scene. —Jennifer Wilson, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024