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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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The meaning of SWELTER is to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat. How to use swelter in a sentence.
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. blisteringly. boiling hot. closeness. fug. haze over. heated. mirage. overheat. scorchingly. stiflingly. stuffiness.
swelter. verb [ I ] us / ˈswel.tɚ / uk / ˈswel.tə r/ 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. blisteringly. boiling hot. closeness. fug. haze over. heated. mirage. overheat. scorchingly. stiflingly. stuffiness.
Swelter definition: to suffer from oppressive heat.. See examples of SWELTER used in a sentence.
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.
1. (Physiology) ( intr) to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint. 2. ( tr) archaic to exude (venom) 3. ( tr) rare to cause to suffer under oppressive heat. n. 4. a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter) 5. oppressive humid heat.
1.(intransitive) to suffer under oppressive heat, esp to sweat and feel faint. 2.(transitive) archaic. to exude ( venom) 3.(transitive) rare. to cause to suffer under oppressive heat. noun. 4. a sweltering condition (esp in the phrase in a swelter)
