Definition of Sweltering

1. Adjective. Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. "Sweltering athletes"

Exact synonyms: Sweltry
Similar to: Hot

Definition of Sweltering

1. Adjective. (context: of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky ¹

2. Verb. (present participle of swelter) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweltering

1. swelter [v] - See also: swelter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweltering

swellheadedness
swellheads
swelling
swelling soil
swellingly
swellings
swellish
swells
swelltoad
swelltoads
swelp
swelt
swelted
swelter
sweltered
sweltering
swelteringly
swelters
sweltery
swelting
sweltrier
sweltriest
sweltry
swelts
swept
swept path
swept paths
sweptback
sweptwing
sweptwings

Literary usage of Sweltering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"The fiery fierceness of the summer sun is no longer to be dreaded, nor the sweltering temperature of a cloudy afternoon. Cool mornings and delicious ..."

2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Now this is Sunday, 9th, and such a sweltering hot day. I have bought a soft, broad - brimmed hat, at which Charles grinned when I put it on. ..."

3. George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes by John Heneage Jesse (1882)
"... saw him to-day upon the hustings, bowing and sweltering, and scratching his black . And a great day he has made of it. Fox, 1168. Rodney, 994. ..."

4. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"It was sweltering hot. Even the trees looked beaten down by the unrelenting rays. ... sweltering ..."

5. Choisy: A Novel by James P. Story (1872)
"... it was a round, small-featured, freckled face, fringed with belligerent sandy whiskers, and surmounted by a sweltering Breadalbane bonnet. ..."

6. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... down to the Present Time—Still sweltering in the Agonies of Competition which are now Refined into modern Monopolies, Corners and Trusts—Warriors Making ..."

7. A Collection of Twenty-four Caricatures: Which Have Appeared in Paris Since (1831)
"... Charles X is here delineated asleep, but sweltering, and groaning, under the dreadful effects of the Nightmare. It comes over him in the shape of ..."

8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"The fiery fierceness of the summer sun is no longer to be dreaded, nor the sweltering temperature of a cloudy afternoon. Cool mornings and delicious ..."

9. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Now this is Sunday, 9th, and such a sweltering hot day. I have bought a soft, broad - brimmed hat, at which Charles grinned when I put it on. ..."

10. George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes by John Heneage Jesse (1882)
"... saw him to-day upon the hustings, bowing and sweltering, and scratching his black . And a great day he has made of it. Fox, 1168. Rodney, 994. ..."

11. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"It was sweltering hot. Even the trees looked beaten down by the unrelenting rays. ... sweltering ..."

12. Choisy: A Novel by James P. Story (1872)
"... it was a round, small-featured, freckled face, fringed with belligerent sandy whiskers, and surmounted by a sweltering Breadalbane bonnet. ..."

13. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... down to the Present Time—Still sweltering in the Agonies of Competition which are now Refined into modern Monopolies, Corners and Trusts—Warriors Making ..."

14. A Collection of Twenty-four Caricatures: Which Have Appeared in Paris Since (1831)
"... Charles X is here delineated asleep, but sweltering, and groaning, under the dreadful effects of the Nightmare. It comes over him in the shape of ..."

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