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swelter

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swel·ter  (swltr)
v. swel·tered, swel·ter·ing, swel·ters
v.intr.
To suffer from oppressive heat.
v.tr.
1. To affect with oppressive heat.
2. Archaic To exude (venom, for example).
n.
A condition of oppressive heat.

[Middle English swelteren, frequentative of swelten, to faint from heat, from Old English sweltan, to perish.]

swelter
Verb
to feel uncomfortable under extreme heat
Noun
a hot and uncomfortable condition: they left the city swelter for the beach [Old English sweltan to die]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.swelter - be uncomfortably hot
suffer - feel unwell or uncomfortable; "She is suffering from the hot weather"
2.swelter - suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
perspire, sudate, sweat - excrete perspiration through the pores in the skin; "Exercise makes one sweat"
Translations
swelter
v swelter [ˈsweltə]
(of a person etc) to be uncomfortably hot I'm sweltering in this heat! bedompig يَتَصَبَّب عَرَقا задушавам се от горещина pařit se være ved at gå til af varme vor Hitze vergehen σκάω από ζέστη abrasarse, asarse de calor (palavusest) lämbuma از گرما كلافه شدن läkähtyä étouffer de chaleur לְהַרגִיש חָם מִדָי गर्मी के मारे तंग होना, पसीने-पसीने होना, औसना, उमस होना, उमस कड़ी गर्मी skapavati od vrućine, kupati se u znoju eltikkad kepanasan vera að stikna soffocare 暑苦しい 더위먹다 leipti gurt no svelmes/karstuma berasa sangat panas1 smoren holde å forgå av varme, smelte omdlewać z upału derreter a se sufoca de căldură изнемогать от жары pariť sa dušiti se od vročine umirati od vrućine försmäkta, förgås ร้อนอบอ้าว sıcaktan bunalmak 熱得發昏, 悶熱 знемагати від спеки گرمی سے مضمحل ہونا mệt nhoài người, đổ mồ hôi nhễ nhại ,


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In rapid succession we passed through the fringe of fashionable London, hotel London, theatrical London, literary London, commercial London, and, finally, maritime London, till we came to a riverside city of a hundred thousand souls, where the tenement houses swelter and reek with the outcasts of Europe.
 
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