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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness;
- Example: "a sweltering room"
- Example: "sweltering athletes"
[syn: sweltering, sweltry]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Swelter \Swel"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering.] [From Swelt, v. i.] 1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle." --Coleridge. [1913 Webster] 2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sweltering adj 1: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes" [syn: sweltering, sweltry]