Definitions for sweltering

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sweltering swel·ter·ing

Spelling: [swel-ter-ing]

IPA: /ˈswɛl tər ɪŋ/

Sweltering is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 712 anagrams from letters in sweltering (eegilnrstw).

Definitions for sweltering

adjective

1. suffering oppressive heat.
2. characterized by oppressive heat; sultry.

verb (used without object)

1. to suffer from oppressive heat.

verb (used with object)

1. to oppress with heat.
2. Archaic. to exude, as venom.

noun

1. a sweltering condition.

Origin of sweltering

First recorded in 1565-75; swelter + -ing²

Examples for sweltering

The happy, sweltering audience did not seem to see her in the first act.

Basosila Botala is wearing a blue rain jacket despite the sweltering heat.

The urban population abandons the sweltering cities and heads to the beach for the month.

With sweltering hot temperatures, constant sweat was normal.

The crisis came on Sunday the 28th of June, a day of sweltering heat.

The place was silent with the peaceful calm of a sweltering August day.

I've never seen a white body left in the street for four hours in the sweltering heat.

Hard on the heels of a sweltering autumn the winter came down.

The sweltering heat caused a gradual discarding of garments.

After a sweltering day of Republican head-scratching, the Iowa GOP chose its least popular candidate as a Congressional nominee.