muggier; muggiest
: being warm, damp, and close
Examples of muggy in a Sentence
a muggy day in August
It's very muggy out today.
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Police arrived in force about 9:30 p.m. when Robinson and her son were sitting in her driveway, using the car's air conditioner to cool off on a muggy night.
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Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2024
The muggy weather Wednesday night didn’t take as much out of the American women as the 95-plus-degree temperatures Tuesday afternoon did, leaving the U.S. squad wilted in a loss to Germany.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The return of the fog bank also signaled the end of a muggy, volatile stretch of weather that brought thunder and lightning throughout the state and in the region.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
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Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2024
The muggy weather Wednesday night didn’t take as much out of the American women as the 95-plus-degree temperatures Tuesday afternoon did, leaving the U.S. squad wilted in a loss to Germany.
—David Aldridge, The Athletic, 31 July 2024
Trending Here was a child who used the sun of muggy summers to illuminate a dim Game Boy screen, beholden only to the rule of cool.
—Geoffrey Bunting, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
The return of the fog bank also signaled the end of a muggy, volatile stretch of weather that brought thunder and lightning throughout the state and in the region.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
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“Muggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/muggy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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muggy
adjective
mug·gy
ˈməg-ē 
muggier; muggiest
: being warm and humid
a muggy day in August
mugginess
noun
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