swelter

[US]/'sweltə/
[UK]/ˈswɛltɚ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. stifling heat; uncomfortable heat

vi. suffer from the heat

vt. cause to be stifling hot; cause to suffer from heatstroke
Word Forms
Past Participlesweltered
Present Participlesweltering
Third Person Singularswelters
Past Tensesweltered

Phrases & Collocations

sweltering heat

sweltering summer days

sweltering humidity

sweltering weather conditions

Example Sentences

We were sweltering at the beach.

the swelter of the afternoon had cooled.

Hank, already sweltering, began to sweat still more profusely.

Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform.

I stepped into the front gate of it after getting off the bus,and all of a sudden,the justle and swelter was totally forgotten.

It's another sweltering day in the savannah woodland of northern Australia and I'm sitting in the back of a dusty Landrover waiting to meet members of one of the country's most unusual military units.

Real-world Examples

This one came as the U.S. sweltered through a weekend heat wave.

Source: PBS Interview Environmental Series

Sweltering is another way to say extremely hot.

Source: IELTS Speaking Preparation Guide

France has been sweltering through its fourth heatwave of the summer.

Source: BBC World Headlines

Phoenix is far from alone in suffering sweltering heat this year.

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Without power, in sweltering heat, Louisianans are clearing their homes from Hurricane Ida.

Source: CNN 10 Student English September 2021 Collection

I locked my kid in the car and it was sweltering hot outside.

Source: Actor Dialogue (Bilingual Selection)

Most of the deceased were elderly farmers working outside in the sweltering heat.

Source: CRI Online August 2023 Collection

China's power grid is under pressure with heat waves leading to sweltering conditions.

Source: BBC World Headlines

And before long, it would be snowing in the summer and sweltering in the winter!

Source: One Hundred Thousand Whys

That means pigs can't sweat enough to keep themselves cool in the sweltering sun.

Source: One Hundred Thousand Whys

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