sultriness
Heavy, humid warmth
Sultriness is the quality of being sultry.
It may describe oppressive heat and humidity: The sultriness of August in the South.
More often it suggests smoldering sexual attractiveness—a quality of being alluringly hot in the figurative sense: She brought a certain sultriness to the role.
Heavy, damp warmth
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- dampnessMild presence of water
- clamminessMoist, cool dampness
- steaminessHumid warmth condition
stickiness · swelter · dewiness · perspiration · condensation · sweatiness · tropical · monsoon
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- torridExtremely hot or passionate
- sizzlingHissing from heat
- blazingBurning very brightly
broiling · baking · roasting · hotness · warmth · oppressive · stifling · suffocating
Power to entice
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
- temptressWoman who entices
- smolderingBurning slowly, no flame
alluring · enticing · beguiling · captivating · flirtatious · coquettish · vampish · bedroom eyes
mugginess
Heavy, damp warmth
- moistureSmall amounts of liquid
- dampnessMild presence of water
- clamminessMoist, cool dampness
steaminess · stickiness · swelter · dewiness · perspiration · condensation · sweatiness · tropical · monsoon · humid
sweltering
Extremely hot, uncomfortably so
blazing · broiling · baking · roasting · hotness · warmth · oppressive · stifling · suffocating · smothering
seductiveness
Power to entice
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
- provocativenessTendency to challenge reactions
- temptressWoman who entices
smoldering · alluring · enticing · beguiling · captivating · flirtatious · coquettish · vampish · bedroom eyes · come-hither
- SouthernSouthern belles, sweet tea, front porch, grits, y'all
- atmospheric conditionscloudiness, fogginess, mistiness, haziness, smokiness
- allureattraction, attract, magnetism, charisma, attractiveness