sweltering

[swel-ter-ing]

adjective

1. suffering oppressive heat.

2. characterized by oppressive heat; sultry.

sweltering

/ ˈswɛltərɪŋ /

adjective

1. oppressively hot and humid

   a sweltering day

Other Word Forms

• swelteringly adverb
• unsweltering adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of sweltering¹

First recorded in 1565–75; swelter + -ing ²

Example Sentences

The camp, set up on a narrow strip of beach that ran beneath Gelidonya’s high cliffs, was sweltering hot and primitive, to say the least.

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Soon, offices did so, too, especially in the sometimes sweltering American South.

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The Oval Office was quiet, bright, and sweltering.

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He and his family settled in a small room with bunk beds and a TV, one of many rooms in a large hangar in the sweltering desert.

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In “Sacrament,” Straight turns her singular focus to a handful of nurses camping in a wagon train of funky, sweltering trailers near the hospital they call Our Lady.

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Related Words

• airless 
• baking 
• burning 
• humid 
• oppressive 
• scorching 
• sizzling 
• stifling 
• stuffy 
• sultry 
• torrid