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How to say muggy, stifling
in Thai
อบอ้าว
òp-âao
muggy, stifling
òp lowâao falling
The heavy, airless heat before a storm. ร้อนอบอ้าว is a weather-forecast favourite.
- Part of speech
- adj
In a sentence
- ร้อนอบอ้าวมากráawn òp-âao mâakIt's really hot and muggy.
From the same situation: Weather and the rainy reality
- ฤดูseason
- หน้าร้อนhot season
- หน้าฝนrainy season
- หน้าหนาวcool season
- หน้าแล้งdry season
- น้ำท่วมto flood; flooding
- พายุstorm
- ฟ้าร้องto thunder; thunder
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