Can you tell me the difference between "sultry", "muggy", "oppressive", "sticky" and "thundery"

Question

I´m a german native speaker and I´m always wondering about the variety of words you have in english for a single german word...the german word is "schwül"...it means that it´s warm but the humidity is insufferably high..and i found a lot of english words for that..can you tell me the difference?? THX

Answer 1

Sultry refers to being Hot
Muggy very high humidity
Oppressive cannot breath very well
Sticky very hot, humid
Thundery Thunderstorms are happening

Answer 2

SULTRY:
1. [a] characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm".

2. [a] sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance".

3. [a] burning hot; extremely and unpleasantly hot; "the torrid noonday sun"; "sultry sands of the dessert". More

MUGGY:
[a] hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather".

OPPRESSIVE:
1. [a] marked by unjust severity or arbitrary behavior; "the oppressive government"; "oppressive laws"; "a tyrannical parent"; "tyrannous disregard of human rights".

2. [a] weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows".

STICKY:
1. [a] having the properties of glue.

2. [a] moist as with undried perspiration and with clothing sticking to the body; "felt sticky and chilly at the same time".

3. [a] hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment; "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"; "an awkward pause followed his remark"; "a sticky question"; "in an unenviable position".

4. [a] hot or warm and humid; "muggy weather"; "the steamy tropics"; "sticky weather".

THUNDERY:
1. [a] accompanied with thunder.

2. [a] loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss.

Answer 3

Sultry - sensual: sexually exciting or gratifying; "sensual excesses"; "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"

Muggy - Colloquially descriptive of warm and especially humid weather.

Oppressive - weighing heavily on the senses or spirit; "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

Sticky - 1. Having the property of adhering or sticking to a surface; adhesive.
2. Covered with an adhesive agent.
3. Warm and humid; muggy: a sticky day.
4. Informal. Painful or difficult: a sticky situation.
5. Economics. Tending to remain the same despite changes in the economy. Used of prices or wages.

Thundery - deafening: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

Hope it helps.

P.S. Hey, sbsoft10, it appears we have the same sources. :D

Answer 4

Well, I'm sultry, the weather outside is muggy, a fascist regime is oppressive, that gum I stepped in is sticky and the thundery would normally refer to donner and blitzen. But you have many words in German that we don;t even have words for in English - there is no direct translation of 'schmachtend'!

Answer 5

Sultry : Sexually exciting or gratifying
i.e "a sultry look"; "a sultry dance"

Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

i.e. "the summer was sultry and oppressive"

Muggy : Hot or warm and humid
i.e. "muggy weather"

Oppressive : Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
i.e. "the atmosphere was oppressive"; "oppressive sorrows"

Sticky : Hot or warm and humid
i.e. "sticky weather"

Thundery : Loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

Answer 6

if its definations on the weather which the british in general do seem to have a morbid fascination with i have never heard sultry being used to describe the weather or indeed oppressive. however muggy is overcast and dull, sticky is warm overcast and dull and thundery is warm overcast dull with heavy black clouds. example, "i say old chap, its rather sticky today, yep govner shut the fack up an giz yer watch and wallet"<<<

Answer 7

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Answer 8

---sultry:characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

----muggy:Colloquially descriptive of warm and especially humid weather

----oppressive:weighing heavily on the senses or spirit

Answer 9

i'd say muggy would be best to describe it. if you type the words into www.dictionary.com you can get complete definitions of each, and decide which is more suitable for yourself. thundery isn't really what you mean though. hope this helps xx

Answer 10

Look in the Oxford English Dictionary. That way you'll get the RIGHT answers to each part of your question.