Definition of SWELTERING

sweltering

Plural: swelterings

Verb

  • be uncomfortably hot
  • suffer from intense heat
    • "we were sweltering at the beach"
  • present participle and gerund of swelter

Adjective Satellite

  • excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
    • "a sweltering room"
    • "sweltering athletes"

Adj

  • hot and humid; oppressively sticky

Noun

  • The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

Examples

  • The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

Origin / Etymology

From swelter + -ing.

Synonyms

swelter, sweltry

Scrabble Score: 14

sweltering: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
sweltering: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sweltering: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 17

sweltering: valid Words With Friends Word