Sweltering

adj, noun, verb

adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

    "March 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest our eyes in peace sometime."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of swelter form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
  1. 1
    hot and humid; oppressively sticky

    "The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob."

Adjective
  1. 1
    excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness wordnet

Synonyms

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hotardentbakingblisteringboilingbroiling

Example

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"Layla was sweltering in a 90 degree heat."

Etymology

From swelter + -ing.

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