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Meaning of "muggy" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MUGGY

Dialect mug drizzle, probably from Scandinavian; compare Old Norse mugga mist.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MUGGY

muggy  [ˈmʌɡɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUGGY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Muggy is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MUGGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of muggy in the English dictionary

The definition of muggy in the dictionary is unpleasantly warm and humid.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUGGY


buggy
ˈbʌɡɪ
druggie
ˈdrʌɡɪ
druggy
ˈdrʌɡɪ
fuggy
ˈfʌɡɪ
horse-and-buggy
ˈhɔːsəndˈbʌɡɪ
huggy
ˈhʌɡɪ
luggie
ˈlʌɡɪ
puggie
ˈpʌɡɪ
puggy
ˈpʌɡɪ
ruggy
ˈrʌɡɪ
shuggy
ˈʃʌɡɪ
stuggy
ˈstʌɡɪ
vuggy
ˈvʌɡɪ
vughy
ˈvʌɡɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUGGY

mugful
mugga
muggar
mugged
muggee
mugger
muggier
muggiest
muggily
mugginess
mugging
muggins
muggle
muggur
Mughal
mugwort
mugwump
mugwumpery
mugwumpish
mugwumpism

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUGGY

Baby Buggy
baggy
beach buggy
boggy
doggy
dune buggy
foggy
froggy
leggy
moon buggy
peggy
piggy
raggy
saggy
shaggy
snow buggy
soggy
spuggy
swamp buggy
twiggy

Synonyms and antonyms of muggy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «MUGGY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «muggy» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of muggy

Translation of «muggy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUGGY

Find out the translation of muggy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of muggy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «muggy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 闷热而潮湿的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bochornoso
570 millions of speakers

English

muggy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घुटन
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

رطب وحار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

душным
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

abafado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কুয়াশাচ্ছন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lourd
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Muggy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

schwül
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

蒸し暑い
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

후텁지근한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Muggy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngạt hơi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புழுக்கம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अळंबी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bunaltıcı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

afoso
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

parno
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

задушливим
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

înăbușitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποπνικτικά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bedompige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

kvav
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

klam
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of muggy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUGGY»

The term «muggy» is regularly used and occupies the 81.248 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUGGY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about muggy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUGGY»

Discover the use of muggy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to muggy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Vocabulary: Or, Collection of Words and Phrases, which ...
Muggy. Damp, close. Used in speaking of the weather. Ex. It is muggy weather ; it is a muggy day. New England. In this country, the term muggy is applied to the weather only ; and this use of it is -provincial in England : " Muggy ; moist ; muggy  ...
John Pickering, 1816
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Dem Seh: Bunx Tales
Suh Muggy pull up in he track suit an fancy track shoe an ting an ah pampazet like big bhai, ah stretch an ting. Suh Brigand tell he how he nah ready yet, how Narrai Penis guh buss he trunks any time, any place. An Tash an all dem bhai jump ...
Owen Ifill, 2011
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Boys' Life
Muggy Callahan was not one of those who stared with envy at the other cruisers' boats. Nine days in had been quite enough for Muggy. He got a kick out of the trips across — □ the long, watchful days, when the Shenandoah led the convoy as ...
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On a Muggy night in Mumbai: A Stage Play
‘A playwright of world stature’—Mario Relich, Wasafiri On a Muggy Night in Mumbai is the first contemporary Indian play to openly tackle gay themes of love, partnership, trust and betrayal.
Mahesh Dattani, 2013
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Mahesh Dattani: An Introduction
But Muggy Night ends on an upbeat, significantly luminous note. A number of questions are thrown up. On a Muggy Night in Mumbai lifts the veil of secrecy that shrouds the marginalized cultures, sexualities and lifestyles. Can homosexuality  ...
Asha Kuthari Chaudhuri, 2005
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Pizza with Shrimp on Top: A Play
A living human being — MUGGY. Underline "living." She's definitely alive— STUART. Look! All right? Just... you may be the "leader" around here, but that doesn't give you the right to call my sister a pack animal. MUGGY. I have — had a sister ...
Aaron Levy, 2006
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Hosay Trinidad: Muharram Performances in an Indo-Caribbean ...
I wander down the road to see how Muggy is doing with the Bay Road ladjah. He recently arrived from New York to begin construction, freshly stocked with boxes of materials for his community tadjah. But his crew suffered a flood in the ...
Frank J. Korom, 2011
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Girl Talk
Dino said, “It's muggy, not hot. Hot's okay. It's muggy that no one can take. If I had a gun, I'd shoot the sun.” “Don't you have a gun?” Church said. He turned to me. “I mean, I'm sure he's got a gun.” I shook my head, having already had an ...
Julianna Baggott, 2001
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Chicken Foot Farm
Muggy Dan offered me a ball and some jacks. I didn't take them. Rosa played with those things. I was more interested in Muggy Dan's big coloring book and a cigar box containing Crayola crayons. "You can't play with my little dishes or my ...
Anne Estevis, 2008
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The Surkling Trilogy Collectors Edition
This was the legendary middle of the Land of Muggy, and in Terra and his companion's day, it was believed to be the Sea of Muggy itself. However, in the times of the Plato; according to them, that great city was built upon the true geographical ...
Geoff Weston

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUGGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term muggy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Heavy showers, muggy weather possible for Wednesday
Weekend weather may be on the wet and muggy side as moisture from former tropical cyclone Enrique approaches Hawaii. Copyright 2015 ... «Hawaii News Now, Jul 15»
2
Muggy Weather Is Expected to Lift
New Yorkers know it well: The sticky heat that smothers skin, the sweat that stains through clothes, the odors that make navigating streets as ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
3
Warm & Muggy with a Few Storms
Clouds will continue to give way to some sunshine today as it becomes warm and muggy. Temperatures will once again make a run at 90 ... «MassLive.com, Jul 15»
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PM Update: Another muggy night before showers and storms break …
Pretty tranquil overnight, though it's toasty and muggy. Clouds are also on the increase after midnight, and a shower is possible by sunrise. «Washington Post, Jul 15»
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Joe's Forecast: Partly cloudy, mild & muggy
A cold front will move across the Great Lakes Tuesday, but we'll have to endure one more day of heat and humidity. The front will spark a few ... «WGAL Lancaster, Jul 15»
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Muggy weather, volcanic haze, rain expected through Wednesday
A change in winds will bring muggy weather, vog and an increased ... The lighter winds will allow sea breezes to blow in muggy air and vog. «Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Jul 15»
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Bay Area Weather To Be Muggy, Hot With Chance For Thunderstorms
It will continue to be another muggy day around the Bay Area and less humid on Tuesday. The lingering clouds bring a chance of ... «CBS Local, Jul 15»
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Central Florida to be hot, muggy, stormy this week
Hot, muggy and a good chance of storms: that's the forecast for Central Florida this week. Afternoon high temperatures will be near 92 degrees in Orlando for ... «WKMG Orlando, Jul 15»
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Muggy weather to remain, gradual decrease through weekend
The humid, muggy weather conditions, atypical for the San Joaquin Valley, will remain for a few more days, gradually decreasing until the ... «Visalia Times-Delta, Jul 15»
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TRACKING STORMS: Muggy, stormy on and off
More muggy weather will settle over us today ahead of a cool front. This front will track through the region Monday, setting off showers and ... «kwwl.com, Jul 15»

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