Usually means: Extremely hot and uncomfortably humid.
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  1. sweltering: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. sweltering: Merriam-Webster
  3. sweltering: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. sweltering: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. sweltering: Collins English Dictionary
  6. sweltering: Vocabulary.com
  7. Sweltering, sweltering: Wordnik
  8. sweltering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. sweltering: Wiktionary
  10. sweltering: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. sweltering: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. sweltering: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. sweltering: Dictionary.com
  14. sweltering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Sweltering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. sweltering: Rhymezone
  17. sweltering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. sweltering: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. sweltering: FreeDictionary.org
  20. sweltering: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. sweltering: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
▸ noun:  The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

Similar:
sweltry, hot, oppressive, sweltersome, heavy, sweatful, scorching hot, overhot, mafting, hot as hell, more...

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hot, warm, cool, cold, freezing, arctic, tropical, torrid, brisk, balmy, more...

Phrases:
sweltering heat, more...

Colors:
    fiery red,     molten gold,     burnt sienna,     inferno red, more...

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Similar:
sweltry, hot, oppressive, sweltersome, heavy, sweatful, scorching hot, overhot, mafting, hot as hell, more...

Types:
hot, warm, cool, cold, freezing, arctic, tropical, torrid, brisk, balmy, more...

Phrases:
sweltering heat, more...

Colors:
    fiery red,     molten gold,     burnt sienna,     inferno red, more...



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