adj

sweltering

adj

Uncomfortably hot and humid.

"We hid indoors during the sweltering afternoon heat."

"It was a sweltering summer with barely any breeze."

How to Use Sweltering

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishSo hot and sticky that it's uncomfortable to be outside.

Common pairings

sweltering heat a sweltering day sweltering summer

swelterings plural

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We hid indoors during the _____ afternoon heat.

Formed from swelter ("to suffer from oppressive heat") plus the -ing ending.

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