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steamy.

Warm and humid; full of steam.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈstiː.mi/
  1. Warm and humid; full of steam.

    My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.
  2. Resembling or characteristic of steam.

  3. Erotic.

    colloquial · figuratively
    Her latest novel was very steamy, but still managed to top the charts.
    I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.
Where this word comes from

From steam + -y.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.