steamy
adj/ˈstiː.mi/
Etymology From steam + -y.
1
Warm and humid; full of steam.
- My glasses fogged up when I walked into the steamy room.
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.
1 more example
- There is “lots of action and a lot of steamy stuff, lots of hot dudes”, Maas told Kelly Clarkson this month.2024 February 17, Anna Nicolaou, quoting Sarah J. Maas, “‘Romantasy’ writer who could save publishing”, in FT Weekend (Opinion section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9:
- Derived terms
- steamily, steaminess, unsteamy