different between sultry vs steaming

English

Etymology

From sulter (“verb (obsolete), a variant of swelter”) +? -y; compare sweltry.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?lt?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?lt?i/, /?s?l-/
• Hyphenation: sul?try

Adjective

sultry (comparative sultrier, superlative sultriest)

1. (weather) Hot and humid. [from late 16th c.]
2. (weather) Very hot and dry; torrid.
3. (figuratively) Sexually enthralling.

Alternative forms

• sultrie (obsolete)

Synonyms

• (hot and humid): close, muggy

Translations

Anagrams

• rustly

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?sti?m.??/
• Rhymes: -i?m??

Noun

steaming (countable and uncountable, plural steamings)

1. The action of steam on something.
2. The method of cooking by immersion in steam.
3. (Britain, informal) A form of robbery in which a large gang moves swiftly and violently through a bus, train, etc.; see Steaming (crime).
4. Relating to the ability of a steam locomotive (etc.) to raise steam.

Translations

Adjective

steaming (comparative more steaming, superlative most steaming)

1. Giving off steam.

   We were served with steaming bowls of soup.

2. (slang) Very angry.

   I was steaming when I heard about their betrayal.

3. (slang) Extremely drunk.

Synonyms

• (giving off steam): steamy
• (very angry): apoplectic, enraged, furious; see also Thesaurus:angry
• (extremely drunk): paralytic, sloshed, wasted; see also Thesaurus:drunk

Translations

Verb

steaming

1. present participle of steam

Anagrams

• mangiest, mintages, negatism, teamings