swelter
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Verb
sweltered, past tense; swelters, 3rd person singular present; sweltered, past participle; sweltering, present participle;
/ˈsweltər/,
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sweltered, past tense; swelters, 3rd person singular present; sweltered, past participle; sweltering, present participle;
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(of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place) Be uncomfortably hot
- - Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform
Noun
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An uncomfortably hot atmosphere
- - the swelter of an August day
Web Definitions:
- be uncomfortably hot
- suffer from intense heat; "we were sweltering at the beach"
- (sweltering) excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
- Swelter is a rock music group, formed in 1989. They were generally associated with the city of Tacoma, Washington.
- To perspire greatly from heat
- (Sweltering) to describe the heat when it is extremely hot