sweltering

swel·ter·ing (sw

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.

sweltering - excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"

sweltry

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 here → hace un calor sofocante aquí
I'm sweltering → me ahogo de calor

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

sweltering

adj day, weather → glühend heiß; heat → glühend; it’s sweltering in here (inf) → hier verschmachtet man ja! (inf)

sweltering [ˈswɛlt/ərɪŋ] adj → soffocante, 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

Mentioned in	?		References in classic literature	?		Dictionary browser	?		Full browser	?
baking blistering boiling broiling burning chilly equatorial flip-flops frigid perspire roasting scorching stewing sticky sudate suffer suffocate Sultrily sultriness	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. Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work. Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context 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. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context	Sweetwater Sweetweed Sweetwood sweetwood bark Sweetwort Sweigh Sweinmote sweir swell swell box Swell mob Swell shark swell up swell-headed Swelldom swelled swelled head swelled-headed swellfish swellhead swelling Swellish Swelltoad Swelt swelter sweltering sweltry Swelve swept swept path swept volume sweptback sweptwing Swerd Swertia Swertia perennia Swertia speciosa swerve swerving sweven Sweyn SWFF SWG Swich swidden Swietenia Swietinia Swietinia macrophylla Swietinia mahogani Swift swift fox	Swelling of Ankles Swelling of arm and eye Swelling of arm and eye Swelling of arm and eye Swelling of arm and eye swelling of eyes swelling of optic disk Swelling of prostate Swelling of prostate Swelling of Sickle Red Blood Cells Swelling soil Swelling soil swelling utterance swellings swellings swellings swellings Swellish swells swells swells swells swells Swellshark Swelltoad SWELP SWELS Swelt swelter sweltered sweltering swelteringly swelters sweltrier sweltriest sweltry Swelve SWEM SWEMPS SWEN Swenet Swenet Swenet Sweney Todd Swensen Perer & Kontos, Law Firm Swenson Anderson Financial Group Swenson Swedish Immigration Research Center Swenson, Perer & Kontos SWEO SWEOTPM SWEP SWEP SWEPA SWEPAM SWEPCO SWEPDI SWEPMO SWEPP

Mentioned in

References in classic literature

Dictionary browser

Full browser

baking
blistering
boiling
broiling
burning
chilly
equatorial
flip-flops
frigid
perspire
roasting
scorching
stewing
sticky
sudate
suffer
suffocate
Sultrily
sultriness

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.

Michael, Brother of Jerry by London, Jack View in context

The heat was sweltering, and the men grumbled fiercely over their work.

Treasure Island by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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.

The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context

sweltering playV2('en/US/ds/dssgstdyslstdrstskssskh5h5');playV2('en/UK/ds/dssgstdyslstdrstskssskh5h5')

sweltering