balminess

Pleasant weather quality

Balminess is the quality of being balmy—pleasantly warm and mild.

The word usually describes weather: the balminess of a spring evening.

It can also refer to a soothing, gentle quality in air or atmosphere.

Less commonly, balminess echoes balmy's informal sense of slightly crazy or foolish.

weather

mildness

Gentle, moderate quality

freshness · springlike · temperate · clement · fairness · zephyr · mugginess · humidity · tropics · subtropical

comfort

coziness

Comfortable warm intimacy

caress · ease · contentment · snugness · welcoming · embrace · tenderness · warmth · tranquility · peacefulness

tropical

paradise

Ideal, blissful place

  • islandWater-bounded land mass
  • lagoonSheltered coastal shallows
  • palmHand's flat interior

coconut · tradewinds · sultry · lush · exotic · Caribbean · Hawaiian · Polynesian · monsoon · equatorial

summer

fireflies

Bioluminescent nocturnal beetles

hammock · veranda · patio · twilight · cicadas · porch · nightfall · lanterns · sundress · barbecue

Categories
Opposites
weather/temperature

balminesscoldness

Low temperature state

chilliness · frigidity · harshness · iciness · bitterness

mental soundness

balminesssanity

Mental soundness

rationality · reasonableness · sensibleness · soundness · wisdom

Family

balm, balmy, balsamic, embalm, balsam, balms, embalmer, balmier, embalming

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G