steamy
Humid and sensual
Steamy describes something filled with or producing steam: a steamy bathroom after a hot shower, steamy jungle air.
The word extends naturally to heat and humidity: a steamy August afternoon.
More commonly now, steamy means sexually suggestive or erotic: a steamy romance novel, The movie has some steamy scenes.
This figurative sense trades on heat as a metaphor for passion.
Of bodily pleasure
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- sexyPhysically arousing
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
- seductivePowerfully attractive, tempting
provocative · passionate · torrid · sizzling · racy · risqué · titillating · arousing
Unpleasantly warm and humid
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- stickyApt to adhere
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
damp · moist · clammy · stifling · suffocating · tropical · close · heavy
Fine airborne moisture
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
moisture · dew · dampness · cloudy · murkiness · humid · clammy · wetness
Extreme in degree
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
- heatedWarmed or passionate
impassioned · torrid · burning · smoldering · tempestuous · electric · chemistry · tension
sensual
Of bodily pleasure
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- sexyPhysically arousing
- suggestiveHinting at impropriety
seductive · provocative · passionate · torrid · sizzling · racy · risqué · titillating · arousing · intimate
muggy
Unpleasantly warm and humid
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- swelteringExtremely hot, uncomfortably so
- stickyApt to adhere
oppressive · damp · moist · clammy · stifling · suffocating · tropical · close · heavy · sweaty
mist
Fine airborne moisture
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- fogLow-lying cloud cover
- hazeMurky atmospheric suspension
vapor · moisture · dew · dampness · cloudy · murkiness · humid · clammy · wetness · drizzle
intense
Extreme in degree
- fieryIntensely hot or passionate
- ardentIntensely enthusiastic or devoted
- ferventIntensely and sincerely felt
heated · impassioned · torrid · burning · smoldering · tempestuous · electric · chemistry · tension · encounter
- humidityrelative humidity, humidity sensor, humidity reading, humidity control, humid
- moisturemoisture, humidity, dampness, wetness, wet
- Erotic ThrillersBasic Instinct, Fatal Attraction, Wild Things, Eyes Wide Shut, seduction
- seductionseduction, seductive, allure, beguilement, enticement
- screen intimacynude scene, sex scene, love scene, nudity, bedroom scene
- tropicsequator, tropical climate, coconut tree, tropical, tropical zone
- blow off steamRelease accumulated stress
- let off steamRelease accumulated emotional pressure
- steamer trunkLarge rigid voyage luggage
- steam pipeTube carrying hot vapor
- run out of steamLose driving energy
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
steam, steaming, steamed, steamer, steams, steamboat, steamroller, steaminess, steampunk