Meanings
nounmugginess (uncountable)
- uncountableThe characteristic of being muggy.
They found that their subjects started overheating dangerously at much lower “wet-bulb” temperatures—a measure that accounts for both heat and mugginess—than what they had expected based on previous theoretical estimates by climate scientists.
2022 June 13, Raymond Zhong, “How Extreme Heat Kills, Sickens, Strains and Ages Us”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
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German Schwüle
- SchwüleTranslations
Māori korire
- korireTranslations
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APA
mugginess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mugginess
MLA
“mugginess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mugginess. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mugginess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mugginess.
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