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muggy
Muggy (adj) means Uncomfortably warm and damp.
adj
1
Uncomfortably warm and damp.
"Muggy heat—temperature in the 90s and high humidity—greeted early arrivals for the 72-hole, three-day test, rated the hardest and most important in the sport."
— , All Eyes On Lema At U.S. Open This Week (1964)
2
Damp or mildewed.
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Etymology
From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.
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What is the meaning of muggy?
"muggy" (adj) means uncomfortably warm and damp.
What is another word for muggy?
Other words for "muggy" include sticky, steamy.
What is the opposite of muggy?
The opposite of "muggy" is arid.
What are the different meanings of muggy?
"muggy" has 2 main meanings: 1. Uncomfortably warm and damp; 2. Damp or mildewed.
