STEAMY (steamier, steamiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: steamier    , steamiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does steamy mean? 

• STEAMY (adjective)
  The adjective STEAMY has 3 senses:

1. filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

2. hot or warm and humid

3. feeling great sexual desire

  Familiarity information: STEAMY used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• STEAMY (adjective)

Comparative: steamier   
Superlative: steamiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Filled with steam or emitting moisture in the form of vapor or mist

Synonyms:

steaming; steamy

Context example:

steamy towels

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Derivation:

steaminess (cloudiness resulting from haze or mist or vapor)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Hot or warm and humid

Synonyms:

muggy; steamy; sticky

Context example:

sticky weather

Similar:

wet (covered or soaked with a liquid such as water)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Feeling great sexual desire

Synonyms:

aroused; horny; randy; ruttish; steamy; turned on

Context example:

feeling horny

Similar:

sexy (marked by or tending to arouse sexual desire or interest)

 Context examples 

To enter Martin's room, they passed through the kitchen, warm and moist and steamy from the big washing in progress.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Water can help ease your cough - whether you drink it or add it to the air with a steamy shower or vaporizer.

(Cough, NIH)

He put his arms round her massive waist and kissed her wet steamy lips.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The steamy smell of dirty clothes, which had entered with her from the kitchen, was sickening.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

He awoke next morning from rosy scenes of dream to a steamy atmosphere that smelled of soapsuds and dirty clothes, and that was vibrant with the jar and jangle of tormented life.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

That story was perfectly grand, she announced, straightening up from the wash-tub with a tired sigh and wiping the sweat from her forehead with a red, steamy hand; but it makes me sad. I want to cry.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)