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sweltering

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swel·ter·ing  (swltr-ng)
adj.
1. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry.
2. Suffering from oppressive heat.

swelter·ing·ly adv.

sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ]
adj
oppressively hot and humid a sweltering day
swelteringly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sweltering - excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

sweltering
adjective hot, burning, boiling, steaming, baking, roasting, stifling, scorching, oppressive, humid, torrid, sultry, airless It was an unimpressive contest in sweltering heat.
Translations
sweltering [ˈsweltərɪŋ] ADJ [day] → de calor sofocante, de muchísimo calor; [heat] → sofocante, abrasador
it's sweltering in herehace un calor sofocante aquí
I'm swelteringme ahogo de calor

sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ] adjétouffant(e)
It was sweltering → Il faisait une chaleur étouffante.

sweltering
adj day, weatherglühend heiß; heatglühend; it’s sweltering in here (inf)hier verschmachtet man ja! (inf)

sweltering [ˈswɛltrɪŋ] adjsoffocante, afoso/a
I'm sweltering → sto soffocando

sweltering شديد الحر parný bagende varm glühend heiß ασφυκτικός sofocante läkähdyttävän kuuma étouffant sparni torrido うだるように暑い 무더운 smoorheet trykkende duszny abafado жаркий tryckande värme ร้อนมาก boğucu sıcak oi ả 闷热的


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While he lay perdu in Steward's stateroom, his voice was the one thing that was not to be heard, so Kwaque was forced to seek the solace of his jews' harp in the sweltering heat of the gratings over the fire-room.
The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work.
We rode there--about a mile and a half in the sweltering sun--and visited a little Greek church which they said was built upon the ancient site; and we paid a small fee, and the holy attendant gave each of us a little wax candle as a remembrancer of the place, and I put mine in my hat and the sun melted it and the grease all ran down the back of my neck; and so now I have not any thing left but the wick, and it is a sorry and a wilted- looking wick at that.
 
 
 
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