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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024swel•ter•ing /ˈswɛltərɪŋ/USA pronunciation adj. - suffering from too much heat:The sweltering students could hardly keep their minds on their lessons.
- showing or having too much heat:a sweltering classroom.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swel•ter•ing (swel′tər ing),USA pronunciation adj. - suffering oppressive heat.
- characterized by oppressive heat;
sultry.
swel′ter•ing•ly, adv. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sweltering /ˈswɛltərɪŋ/ adj - oppressively hot and humid: a sweltering day
ˈswelteringly adv swel•ter /ˈswɛltɚ/USA pronunciation v. [no object]- to suffer from too much heat:We sweltered throughout the summer.
n. [countable] - a sweltering condition.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024swel•ter (swel′tər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to suffer from oppressive heat.
v.t. - to oppress with heat.
- [Archaic.]to exude, as venom.
n. - a sweltering condition.
- 1375–1425; late Middle English swelt(e)ren (verb, verbal), equivalent. to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (Old English sweltan to die; cognate with Old Norse svelta, Gothic swiltan) + -eren -er6
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: swelter /ˈswɛltə/ vb - (intransitive) to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint
- (transitive) rare to cause to suffer under oppressive heat
n - a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter)
- oppressive humid heat
Etymology: 15th Century swelten, from Old English sweltan to die; related to Old Norse svelta to starve, Old High German swelzan to burn with passion; see sultry |