humid
/ˈhjuːmɪd/
humid adjective: containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
Adjective
humid (comparative humider or more humid, superlative humidest or most humid)
- Containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
- humid earth
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humid meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
humid in Hindi
- slightly wet
- नम nam, गीला gīlā, आर्द्र ārdra, तर tar, आबी ābī
humid in Tamil
- ஈரமான, ஈர, ஈரத்தன்மை
humid in Marathi
- slightly wet
- आर्द्र ārdra, दमट damaṭ, ओले ole
humid in Urdu
- slightly wet
- نم nam, گیلا gīlā, تر tar
More languagesFewer languages
- humid in Bengali
- আর্দ্র ardro
- humid in Malayalam
- ഈർപ്പമുള്ള, ആർദ്രമായ, വേവെടുക്കുന്ന, വല്ലാത്ത ചൂടും കുമിർച്ചയുമുള്ള
- humid in Kannada
- ತೇವವಾದ, ಒದ್ದೆಯಾದ, ಆರ್ದ್ರ, ಈರವುಳ್ಳ
- humid in Nepali
- आर्द्र
- humid in Arabic
- رَطْب raṭb, رَطِب raṭib
- humid in Malay
- lembap
- humid in Indonesian
- lembap
- humid in Persian
- مرطوب martub, تر tar
- humid in Thai
- ชื้น chʉ́ʉn, เปียก bpìiak
- humid in Vietnamese
- ẩm
- humid in Myanmar
- စိုထိုင်း cuihtuing:
Examples of humid in a sentence
- It is hot in Arizona, but it is not usually humid.
- My underwear bunches up when the weather is humid.
- Today's kinda hot and humid, but at least the heat wave is over and there's a breeze: I'll take it.
Synonyms of humid
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Forms of humid
| comparative | humider |
|---|---|
| comparative | more humid |
| superlative | humidest |
| superlative | most humid |
Origin of humid
Borrowed from Old French humide, from Latin humidus (“moist”). Via Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- (“wet”) related to English weaky.
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Questions about humid
- What does humid mean?
- Humid means containing perceptible moisture (usually describing air or atmosphere); damp; moist; somewhat wet or watery.
- What is humid in Hindi?
- Humid in Hindi is नम (nam), गीला (gīlā), आर्द्र (ārdra). See Humid meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is humid?
- Humid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce humid?
- Humid is pronounced /ˈhjuːmɪd/.
Words near humid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: humid (page history and authors); humid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); humid (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); humid (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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