sweltering
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4.8
- adjective
- /ˈswɛltərɪŋ/
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sofocante
- The sweltering heat of the summer made everyone wish for cooler weather.
It was in this sweltering heat, like the sun was out for revenge that day.
- It was in this sweltering heat, like the sun was out for revenge that day.
- Like it's so cold up there and then everywhere else in the house is like sweltering.
Examples
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Around noon on a sweltering day, Napoleon himself arrived.
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Sister Janet led me into the "library," a small, sweltering room whose shelves were filled with evangelical tracts and horror novels.
Academic text (2003) -
I decided to make every sweltering minute of summer a time I would remember.
Fiction book (2001) -
I have someone fixing it, I promise you, but it is sweltering you guys.
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Around noon on a sweltering day, Napoleon himself arrived.
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Many die of thirst in the sweltering summer heat.
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It was in this sweltering heat, like the sun was out for revenge that day.
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I'm like, we're sweltering in the hands my sourdough.
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It was an inauspicious, sweltering Thursday morning middle of last September.
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On a sweltering afternoon, we decided to stay indoors with the air conditioning on.
Synonyms
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1.0
Having a high temperature and able to burn your skin
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3.4
Too warm and without fresh air
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1.0
Hot, humid weather that makes you feel sweaty and uncomfortable
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3.0
Hot and humid, often making you sweat
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7.5
Very hot in a way that feels uncomfortable
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2.6
Warm, sticky air that feels wet and uncomfortable
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5.3
Very hot and humid in an uncomfortable way
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5.3
Very hot, close air that makes it hard to breathe
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7.7
Very hot and dry, often uncomfortable for people
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6.7
Thick hot air that makes it hard to breathe
A very hot and humid feeling that makes you uncomfortable
Hot, humid air that feels close and stuffy
Very hot, like the heat inside an oven
Very hot so you want to find shade and drink water
Very hot and likely to burn the skin
Very hot and able to burn skin
Very hot, with high temperature or strong spice
Antonyms
How Hot
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sweltering comes from an old English verb sweltan, which meant 'to be overcome', often by heat, or even 'to die'. So sweltering now means very hot and humid in a way that makes you sweat and feel faint.