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steamy

[stee-mee] / ˈsti mi /
ADJECTIVE
giving off vapors
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
misty
Synonyms
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ADJECTIVE
erotic
Synonyms


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Graham was meeting and greeting voters on a steamy Sunday afternoon at a waterfront venue in suburban Charleston.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

Recorded largely in the steamy, sweltering basement of Richards’ rented French villa, Nellecôte, “Exile” reeks of filth, decadence and decay.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 10, 2026

On Thursday afternoon, in the steamy heat of the Mexican capital, this hallowed stadium became the first to host matches at three different World Cups.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

"GOAT" moved ahead of steamy literary adaptation "Wuthering Heights," which earned $14.2 million in its second week of release, according to Exhibitor Relations.

From Barron's Feb. 22, 2026

In the gym, which is steamy because of the rain, Mr. Binkley starts talking, but nobody listens.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko

Their blues-based rock ’n’ roll is darker, steamier.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 17, 2026

But in many rural communities, people stay outside late, cooking, socializing, or doing school work and avoiding hot houses made even steamier by metal roofs, Paaijmans and his colleagues have found.

From Science Magazine Sep. 8, 2022

If you thought it felt a bit steamier the last time you went to Bed, Bath & Beyond, you wouldn’t be alone.

From Washington Times Jun. 29, 2022

After lunch — sandwiches eaten while sitting on logs above a lightly steaming hillside green with mosses — several of us try to ski up to the top of an even steamier hillside.

From Washington Post Feb. 25, 2022

This room is hotter and steamier than the others because the snakes and turtles need it to be; it smells musky.

From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood

We did not quite go back to spring or forward to fall in Washington on Sunday, but it did seem that we said farewell — however briefly — to the steamiest side of summer.

From Washington Post Jul. 18, 2021

Wednesday, the last day of June, was 95 — our steamiest of the year so far.

From Washington Post Jul. 2, 2021

Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper performed perhaps their steamiest rendition yet of Shallow, from their film A Star is Born.

From BBC Feb. 25, 2019

The mirror is “more than a match for even the steamiest bathroom,” the website promises, which honestly sounds like a challenge to me, as I pride myself on my steamy bathroom.

From Slate Jul. 9, 2018

Build a development in the steamiest, nastiest jungle, and test recruits for the colony there.

From The Merchants of Venus by A. H. Phelps




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