Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Oppressively hot and humid; sultry.
- adjective Suffering from oppressive heat.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Sweltry; sultry; suffocating with heat.
- Ready to perish with heat; faint with heat.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of weather
hot andhumid ; oppressivelysticky - verb Present participle of
swelter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
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Examples
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Then they sat though speeches and performances till 1pm in sweltering heat.
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Answer: Try being fired at in sweltering temperatures in Afghanistan and see if that is fun.
Killer Free On Shopping Spree « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2009
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Now I'm back in sweltering Tempe, decidedly enjoying the A/C and still giving into my new sudoku addiction.
Archive 2006-05-01 Dr. Lisa 2006
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(CNSNews. com) – People sweltering from a heat wave in the Mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. might find cold comfort in the fact that the temperatures of the past few days are not the hottest on record.
Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer 2006
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Now I'm back in sweltering Tempe, decidedly enjoying the A/C and still giving into my new sudoku addiction.
Sleep, precious sleep Dr. Lisa 2006
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Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of poor fishing people were still stuck in sweltering inland camps, patrolled by soldiers with machine guns and entirely dependent on relief agencies for food and water.
Boing Boing: September 4, 2005 - September 10, 2005 Archives 2005
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• Can you imagine getting on a bike in sweltering heat and competing for not minutes or even hours, as in other sports, but for hours and days through the most grueling of courses?
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But stringing together seven straight wins, the number it takes for a Grand Slam title, on the rugged hardcourts in sweltering summer heat has made the gangly Kuerten look frail.
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Dying in sweltering heat when there aren’t 120 mile an hour winds and flooding outside blocking rescuers is just stupid.
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Inside of a month, the nation's football media will begin dramatizing the "sweltering" conditions in Berea, Ohio; De Pere, Wis.
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