muggy
/ˈmʌɡi/adjective
उच्चारण मगी
उमस भरा, घुटन भरा (मौसम)
Core word
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informal
(of weather) warm and damp in an unpleasant way
उमस भरा, घुटन भरा (मौसम)
- It was a hot, muggy afternoon just before the monsoon.
- Muggy weather makes it hard to sleep at night.
- It was a muggy night and the fan hardly helped.
+ 2 more examples
- The air gets muggy in Kolkata before the rains.
- We were uncomfortable in the muggy heat.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
muggy + weather / day / air
Muggy describes warm, damp, heavy weather that feels uncomfortable. It is usually said of the air, the day or the weather.
Muggy गरम, नम और भारी मौसम का वर्णन करता है जो असुविधाजनक लगता है। यह प्रायः हवा, दिन या मौसम के लिए कहा जाता है।
- It was a muggy day in Mumbai before the rains.
- The air in the room was hot and muggy.
it is / feels muggy
With the empty subject it, muggy tells us about the weather. Feel and get can also be used.
Empty subject 'it' के साथ muggy मौसम के बारे में बताता है। Feel और get का भी प्रयोग हो सकता है।
- It gets muggy in August just before the downpour.
- It feels muggy today; I think it will rain.
muggy + comparative / superlative
Muggy is a short adjective: muggier, muggiest.
Muggy छोटा adjective है: muggier, muggiest।
- July is muggier than June in coastal cities.
- That was the muggiest night of the year.
muggy vs humid / sticky
Muggy is informal and stresses discomfort; humid is the scientific word for moisture in the air; sticky describes how skin and clothes feel.
Muggy अनौपचारिक है और असुविधा पर बल देता है; humid हवा में नमी का वैज्ञानिक शब्द है; sticky त्वचा और कपड़ों के अनुभव का वर्णन करता है।
- It was humid outside, and the muggy classroom felt like a steam room.
+Collocations 4
muggy + noun
muggy weathermuggy daymuggy nightmuggy afternoonmuggy heat
- The muggy afternoon made everyone sleepy.
adverb + muggy
veryunbearablyoppressivelyratheruncomfortably
- The monsoon evening was oppressively muggy.
verb + muggy
getfeelturnbecomeremain
- The weather turned muggy as the clouds gathered.
related phrases
hot and muggyclose and muggymuggy and overcastmuggy before rain
- The room was hot and muggy because the fan was broken.
“More examples 5
- It was so muggy in the train that people kept fanning themselves.
ट्रेन में इतनी उमस थी कि लोग लगातार पंखा झल रहे थे।
- The muggy weather in Kolkata makes even a short walk tiring.
कोलकाता का उमस भरा मौसम छोटी सैर को भी थकाने वाला बना देता है।
- Radhika found the muggy exam hall very hard to bear.
राधिका को उमस भरे परीक्षा-कक्ष में बैठना बहुत कठिन लगा।
- A muggy afternoon is often followed by a thunderstorm.
उमस भरी दोपहर के बाद अक्सर आंधी-बारिश आती है।
- We stayed inside because the weather was hot and muggy.
हम अंदर ही रहे क्योंकि मौसम गरम और उमस भरा था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ The weathers are muggy in August.
✓ The weather is muggy in August.
Weather is uncountable, so it has no plural and takes a singular verb.
Weather uncountable है, इसलिए इसका बहुवचन नहीं होता और singular verb आती है।
✗ It is a very muggy today.
✓ It is very muggy today.
Do not put a before an adjective when no noun follows.
जब adjective के बाद कोई संज्ञा न हो तो उससे पहले 'a' न लगाएँ।