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   muggy

   /ˈmʌɡi/

   adjective

   • 1. (of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid: "it was a hot, very muggy evening"

   Word Origin mid 17th century: from dialect mug ‘mist, drizzle’, from mug ‘to drizzle’, probably from Old Norse; compare with Icelandic mugga ‘to snow in calm weather’, Norwegian mugga ‘to drizzle’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mugginess noun

   Scrabble Points: 12

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   What does muggy mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! MUGGY definition: 1. When the weather is muggy, it is unpleasantly warm and the air contains a lot of water. 2. When….

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   What does muggy mean in Dickens slang?

   • Answer (1 of 2): In terms of slang muggy has had two meanings. As a play on the synonymous damp it meant drunk. Thus:> 1853 Dickens ‘Slang’ in Household Words 24 Sept. 75/2: For the one word drunk [...] muggy, beery, winey, slewed [etc.]. It has also meant stupid, although over this seems ... In terms of slang muggy has had two meanings.

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   What does it mean when the weather is muggy?

   • When the weather is muggy, it is unpleasantly warm and the air contains a lot of water. humid It gets so humid in this part of the country. muggy What a muggy day! sultry She kept her bedroom window open to cool off during these long, sultry summer nights.

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   What is a muggy morning?

   • A bright morning, the muggy air of the evening before blown away on a wind that promised cool gusts to mellow the heat of the afternoon. Luke asked as they walked down a flight of stairs and out of the terminal into the muggy morning air. Muggy weather is unpleasantly warm and damp. It was muggy and overcast.

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   Muggy means very warm and humid, with a lot of water in the air. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, and see synonyms and translations in other languages.

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     MUGGY translate: сырой и теплый, удушливый . Learn more in...

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     MUGGY translate: 蒸し暑い, 蒸（む）し暑（あつ）い. Learn more in the...

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   Muggy is an adjective that means being warm, damp, and close. Learn the synonyms, examples, word history, and related articles of muggy from Merriam-Webster, America's largest dictionary.

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   Muggy definition: (of the atmosphere, weather, etc.) oppressively humid; damp and close.. See examples of MUGGY used in a sentence.

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   Muggy means very warm and humid, with a lot of water in the air. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, and see synonyms and antonyms, from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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   Muggy means a combination of humidity and heat that makes you sweaty and uncomfortable and long for air-conditioning. You might be cursing the cold and the snow today, but mark my words, come August and the muggy dog days of summer, you'll be nostalgic for the cold.

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   Muggy means warm and slightly wet in an unpleasant way, especially in the weather. Learn how to use this adjective with synonyms, pronunciation and pictures.

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   Muggy means unpleasantly warm and damp, or hot and humid with little air movement. Learn how to use this adjective in sentences, synonyms, word origin and usage in British and American English.