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sweltering

adj

Etymology

From swelter + -ing.

  1. inherited from *swel-✻
  2. inherited from *sweltaną✻
  3. inherited from *sweltan✻
  4. inherited from sweltan
  5. inherited from swelten
  6. inherited from swelteren
  7. suffixed as sweltering — “swelter + ing”

Definitions

  1. hot and humid

    hot and humid; oppressively sticky

    • The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

  2. present participle and gerund of swelter

  3. The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA