sweltry

[ swel-tree ]

/ ˈswɛl tri /

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adjective, swel·tri·er, swel·tri·est.

hot, sizzling, roasting; sweltering.

RELATED WORDS

muggy, soggy, oppressive, scorching, hot, sticky, sizzling, torrid, sweltering, stifling, humid, burning, stuffy, airless, baking, sultry, blistering, searing, blazing, boiling

Nearby words

swellfish, swellhead, swelling, swelter, sweltering, sweltry, swenson, swept, swept volume, sweptback, sweptwing

Origin of sweltry

1570–80; swelt(e)r + -y¹; cf. sultry

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I'll be as faithful as thou art fair, and stick as close unto thee as my shirt does to my back on a sweltry sweating day.
A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 12 (of 15)|Robert Dodsley