humid
Adjective Satellite
- containing or characterized by a great deal of water vapor
- "humid air"
- "humid weather"
Adj
- Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
Adjective
- Containing a high amount of moisture or water vapor.
Examples
- After a humid game of Words With Friends, my fingers felt sticky on the screen.
- humid earth
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.
Synonyms
bewatered, damp, drenched, dripping, drunk, humid, irriguous, madid, moist, moisty, overwatered, plashy, saturated, soaked, sodden, soggy, spewy, spongy, squidgy, thoan, thone, undried, watered, waterlogged, watery, wet, wetter than an otter's pocket, wiery
Scrabble Score: 11
humid: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhumid: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
humid: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary