steaminess
Moist, heated air
Steaminess is the quality of being steamy.
A room has steaminess when filled with water vapor—a bathroom after a hot shower, a kitchen with boiling pots.
The word more often describes sexual heat: The steaminess of their love scenes made the film controversial.
A romance novel's steaminess is its erotic intensity.
sauna
Heated room for sweating
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
fog · mist · sweat · dampness · mugginess · tropics · hot springs · bathhouse · shower · kitchen
passion
Intense emotional drive
- eroticismSexual desire's aesthetic quality
- seductionEnticing someone romantically
- romanceLove and its excitement
intimacy · desire · allure · sultriness · smolder · tension · chemistry · flirtation · arousal · heat
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- atmospheric conditionscloudiness, fogginess, mistiness, haziness, smokiness
steaminessdryness
Absence of moisture
aridity · aridness · desiccation · crispness · dustiness
steaminesscoldness
Low temperature state
chilliness · frigidity · iciness · frostiness · coolness
steaminesschasteness
Sexual purity or modesty
chastity · innocence · prudishness · wholesomeness · purity
steam, steaming, steamy, steamed, steamer, steams, steamers, steamier, steamiest