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- Dictionaryswelter/ˈswɛltə/
verb
- 1. be uncomfortably hot: "Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform"
noun
- 1. an uncomfortably hot atmosphere: "the swelter of the afternoon had cooled"
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Swelter is a verb that means to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat, or to oppress with heat. It can also be a noun that means a state of oppressive heat or an excited state of mind.
Meaning of swelter in English. swelter. verb [ I ] uk / ˈswel.tə r/ us / ˈswel.tɚ / Add to word list. (of a person) to feel very hot: The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hot & heat. bake. baking. beat down phrasal verb. blisteringly. boiling hot. closeness. fug. haze over phrasal verb.
Swelter means to suffer from oppressive heat, especially to sweat and feel faint. It can also mean to exude venom or to cause oppressive heat. See the origin, usage and related words of swelter.
Swelter means to be or feel uncomfortably hot, to sweat and feel faint from great heat. It can also mean to exude venom or to cause to suffer under oppressive heat. See word origin, pronunciation, collocations and sentences.
swelteringly adverb. Definition of swelter verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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North American noun (in singular) an uncomfortably hot atmosphere the swelter of the afternoon had cooled Examples Now most of the crew will fight for their ship in a swelter of smoke and foul air. North American School children are sweating it out with soaring summer temperatures and record levels of humidity leaving the region in a swelter.
