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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:

Sweltry \Swel"try\, a. [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf.
   Sultry.]
   Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.]
   --Evelyn.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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