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steamy

[stee-mee] / ˈsti mi /
ADJECTIVE
giving off vapors
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ADJECTIVE
misty
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Antonyms
STRONGEST
ADJECTIVE
erotic
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Example Sentences

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Since then, the couple have avoided cooking steamy dishes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 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

Every Saturday, Taiwanese restaurant chain Din Tai Fung plates as many as 20,000 of its delicate, steamy dumplings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 20, 2025

Coming home from an outing in the winter to steamy windows and the smells of her cooking in the kitchen was always the best.

From Salon • Sep. 30, 2024

The fire spit and the sap boiled, and the drowsy heat and wavery lantern light and steamy smell were wonderful.

From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen