humid
Warm and damp, with lots of moisture in the air.
humid in a sentence
- The jungle was so humid that their shirts stuck to their backs within minutes.
- The greenhouse felt humid and sticky, its warm damp air fogging up our glasses.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to humid?
- Acrisp
- Bdry
- Cdamp
- Dfresh
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C: damp. The other three mean the opposite of humid.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to humid?
- Amoist
- Bsticky
- Cdry
- Ddamp
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C: dry. The other three mean nearly the same as humid.
Words that mean something similar
damp, sticky, moist
Words that mean the opposite
dry, crisp, fresh
More words about weather & nature
- infest: To swarm over a place in large, unwanted numbers.
- lethal: Able to cause death.
- lukewarm: Only slightly warm, or not very enthusiastic.
- lush: Growing thickly, green and healthy.
- mirage: Something you seem to see, often in heat, that is not really there.
- molten: Melted into hot liquid by great heat.
- nocturnal: Awake and active at night instead of during the day.
- nourish: To feed something so it grows healthy and strong.
More words to explore
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