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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
Adjective
uncomfortably hot: a sweltering summer
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
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sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ] adjsofocante, de mucho calor
sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ] adjétouffant(e)oppressant(e)
sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ] adj (heat) → glühend;
(weather, day) → glühend heiß
sweltering [ˈswɛltərɪŋ] adjsoffocante


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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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