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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 feel very hot, especially in a hot climate or environment. Learn how to use this verb in sentences, see synonyms and antonyms, and find translations in different languages.
To swelter is to be hot — very, very hot, like on a humid, ninety-degree day. To swelter is to feel like you're in an oven.
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.
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.
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