muggy air
Damp, heavy weather
Muggy air is warm, humid, and oppressively still—the kind that makes you feel sticky and short of breath.
The phrase emphasizes the unpleasant quality of high humidity: The muggy air hung over the city like a wet blanket.
Muggy alone typically describes weather or atmosphere, so muggy air is somewhat redundant but common for emphasis.
- humidContaining much moisture
- stickyApt to adhere
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- heat waveExtended extreme warmth
- dampSlightly wet
hot and humid · thick · pea soup · oppressive · sultry · hazy · stifling · clammy · tropical · perspiration · sweat · suffocating · heavy · moist · close · airless · steamy · summer
muggy airdry air
Atmosphere lacking moisture
crisp air · dry heat · dry climate · low humidity · drought conditions
muggy aircrisp air
Cool, clean, invigorating weather
fresh air · brisk air · clean air · mountain air · sea breeze