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The synonyms of “Sweltering” are: sweltry
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “sweltering” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| sweltry | Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. |
| boiling | At or near boiling point. Boiling mad. |
| carburetor | Mixes air with gasoline vapor prior to explosion. |
| conduction | The transmission of impulses along nerves. |
| convection | The movement caused within a fluid by the tendency of hotter and therefore less dense material to rise, and colder, denser material to sink under the influence of gravity, which consequently results in transfer of heat. Upward convection in the troposphere carries water vapour and sulphur dioxide above the clouds. |
| fervid | Extremely hot- Nathaniel Hawthorne- Frances Trollope. His fervid protestations of love. |
| geyser | To overflow like a geyser. The pipe sent up a geyser of sewer water into the street. |
| heat | Provide with heat. Heat the water on the stove. |
| heatstroke | Collapse caused by exposure to excessive heat. |
| hot | Make or become hot. A hot temper. |
| igneous | Relating to or involving volcanic or plutonic processes. Rocks formed by igneous agents. |
| isotherm | (meteorology) an isogram connecting points having the same temperature at a given time. |
| isothermal | Of a process or change taking place at constant temperature. The isothermal layer of the atmosphere. |
| locomotive | A wheeled vehicle consisting of a self-propelled engine that is used to draw trains along railway tracks. Locomotive power. |
| lukewarm | Moderately warm. He hates lukewarm coffee. |
| midsummer | The summer solstice. The plant blooms in midsummer. |
| muggy | Hot or warm and humid. Muggy weather. |
| scorching | Capable of causing burns. Scorching heat. |
| season | A proper or suitable time. The regular sequence of the seasons. |
| smelt | Extract a metal from ore by smelting. Coal was used to smelt the steel for the tinplate. |
| stifling | Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. The loft is stifling in summer. |
| sultry | Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. A sultry look. |
| summer | The period from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox. We summered in Kashmir. |
| sunbathe | Expose one’s body to the sun. I didn t do much apart from swim sunbathe and sleep. |
| sunstroke | Heatstroke brought about by excessive exposure to the sun. |
| swelter | Suffer from intense heat. Barney sweltered in his doorman s uniform. |
| thermal | A thermal garment especially underwear. Thermal underwear. |
| thermoelectric | Involving or resulting from thermoelectricity. |
| tropic | Either of two parallels of latitude about 23 5 degrees to the north and south of the equator representing the points farthest north and south at which the sun can shine directly overhead and constituting the boundaries of the Torrid Zone or tropics. Tropical weather. |
| vaporizer | A device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation. |
| warmed | Having been warmed up. A cup of warmed milk. |
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