It was so rare a piece of fun To see the swelter'd cattle run
Source: wiktionary
Swelter
//ˈswɛl.tɚ//
Synonyms for "swelter" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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Translations
28 translations across 14 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bürkü noun (intense heat)
Bulgarian
2 entries- жега noun (intense heat)
- зной noun (intense heat)
Catalan
1 entries- xafogor noun (intense heat)
Czech
4 entries- horko noun (intense heat)
- parno noun (intense heat)
- pařák noun (intense heat)
- vedro noun (intense heat)
Esperanto
1 entries- sufoki verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
Finnish
2 entries- helle noun (intense heat)
- läkähtyä verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
French
2 entries- canicule noun (intense heat)
- étouffer verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
German
2 entries- Hitzewelle noun (intense heat)
- stark schwitzen verb (To perspire greatly from heat)
Japanese
1 entries- 茹だる verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
Latvian
1 entries- svelme noun (intense heat)
Middle English
1 entries- swelten verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
Portuguese
1 entries- suar em bicas verb (To perspire greatly from heat)
Russian
4 entries- жара́ noun (intense heat)
- зной noun (intense heat)
- жариться verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
- изнемогать от зноя verb (To suffer terribly from intense heat)
Spanish
2 entries- bochorno noun (intense heat)
- flama noun (intense heat)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
Source: wiktionary
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