Meaning

3 senses
  1. Warm and humid; full of steam.

    My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.

    dampfend

    hot or warm and humid

  2. Resembling or characteristic of steam.

  3. (colloquial, figuratively)Erotic.

    Her latest novel was very steamy, but still managed to top the charts.

    I'm having a steamy affair with an Armenian boxer.

    heiß

Examples

9 sentences
  1. Sami has been having a steamy affair.

  2. I could really go for some hot and steamy sex right about now!

  3. Sami's wife discovered Layla's steamy letters.

  4. Sami and Layla had a steamy affair.

  5. Sami was involved in a steamy affair with Layla.

Translations

4 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
full of steam:
erotic:

Origin

From steam + -y.

From steam + -y.

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Forms

steamier/more steamy, steamiest/most steamy
Comparativesteamier / more steamy Lesson
Superlativesteamiest / most steamy Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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