Sweltering

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Oppressively hot and humid; sultry.
  • adj. Suffering from oppressive heat.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. hot and humid; oppressively sticky
  • v. Present participle of swelter.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Sweltry; sultry; suffocating with heat.
  • Ready to perish with heat; faint with heat.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
    • Verb Form
    sweltered    sweltering    swelters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    suffer    sudate    sweat    perspire   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    welter    soak    perspire    glow   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    belter    felter    helter    kelter    shelter   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    torrid    muggy    steamy    humid    rainy   
     
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