to swelter
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6.9
- verb
- /ˈswɛltər/
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- On the hottest days of summer, I often swelter in my unairconditioned apartment.
- sweltering heat
- sweltering summer
Examples
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During the outdoor concert, many attendees began to swelter under the blazing sun.
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The workers had to swelter in the factory without proper ventilation on that hot afternoon.
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Pop, it's sweltering in here.
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Now, during the most sweltering part of the day, it was still going on.
Fiction book (1990) -
The two men had been at this work for nearly an hour on a sweltering April morning in 2005.
Academic text (2009) -
Though the day was already sweltering, the ground was still wet under the corn.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's a small place; it's sweltering, and it's packed with hundreds of families shoulder to shoulder.
Fiction book (1992) -
As Miami continues to swelter in a record winter heat wave... ...bringing temperatures to the 90s... ...Central and Mountain states are buried in snow.
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In the sweltering heat of August, it all reeked like some kind of hospital.
Fiction book (2000) -
The days I was cutting were sweltering, and I gorged on water.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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2.1
To feel very hot in strong sun or heat
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3.7
Make something too hot so it can be damaged
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4.4
To feel very hot because of strong sun or heat
To be very hot and uncomfortable, like melting in the sun
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Etymology
The word swelter comes from an old English verb sweltan meaning 'to die' or 'be overcome'. People began to use it for heat so strong it seems to 'overpower' you, so to swelter today is to feel extremely hot and uncomfortable.