Sweltering
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Sweltering is an adjective meaning (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky.
Meaning
(of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of swelter
- The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.
Example Sentences
The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.
March 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest our eyes in peace sometime.
Word Forms
- swelterings
Synonyms for sweltering
Depending on context, synonyms include hot, sweltry.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sweltry, hot, oppressive, sweltersome, heavy, sweatful.
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