English Explanatory Dictionary

muggy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Humid, or hot and humid.
  2. Wet or mouldy.
  3. Drunk.

Pronunciation

/ˈmʌɡi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-muggy.wav

Word forms

muggy muggier muggiest

Etymology

From dialectal English mug (“fog, mist; Scotch mist”) + -y, ultimately from Old Norse mugga (“drizzle, mist”); borrowed some time before 1390, when a derived verb, Middle English mugen (“of a fog: to drizzle”), is attested.

Synonyms

close heavy muggy oppressive steamy sticky sultry sweltering tropic tropical

Antonyms

arid torrid clammy dank raw

Derived words

muggily mugginess unmuggy
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