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Definition of Sweltering
1. Adjective. Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness. "Sweltering athletes"
Definition of Sweltering
1. Adjective. (context: of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of swelter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sweltering
1. swelter [v] - See also: swelter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweltering
Literary usage of Sweltering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"The fiery fierceness of the summer sun is no longer to be dreaded, nor the
sweltering temperature of a cloudy afternoon. Cool mornings and delicious ..."
2. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Now this is Sunday, 9th, and such a sweltering hot day. I have bought a soft,
broad - brimmed hat, at which Charles grinned when I put it on. ..."
3. George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes by John Heneage Jesse (1882)
"... saw him to-day upon the hustings, bowing and sweltering, and scratching his
black . And a great day he has made of it. Fox, 1168. Rodney, 994. ..."
4. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"It was sweltering hot. Even the trees looked beaten down by the unrelenting rays.
... sweltering ..."
5. Choisy: A Novel by James P. Story (1872)
"... it was a round, small-featured, freckled face, fringed with belligerent sandy
whiskers, and surmounted by a sweltering Breadalbane bonnet. ..."
6. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... down to the Present Time—Still sweltering in the Agonies of Competition which
are now Refined into modern Monopolies, Corners and Trusts—Warriors Making ..."
7. A Collection of Twenty-four Caricatures: Which Have Appeared in Paris Since (1831)
"... Charles X is here delineated asleep, but sweltering, and groaning, under the
dreadful effects of the Nightmare. It comes over him in the shape of ..."
8. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"The fiery fierceness of the summer sun is no longer to be dreaded, nor the
sweltering temperature of a cloudy afternoon. Cool mornings and delicious ..."
9. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1899)
"Now this is Sunday, 9th, and such a sweltering hot day. I have bought a soft,
broad - brimmed hat, at which Charles grinned when I put it on. ..."
10. George Selwyn and His Contemporaries: With Memoirs and Notes by John Heneage Jesse (1882)
"... saw him to-day upon the hustings, bowing and sweltering, and scratching his
black . And a great day he has made of it. Fox, 1168. Rodney, 994. ..."
11. Snake Walkers by J. Everett Prewitt (2005)
"It was sweltering hot. Even the trees looked beaten down by the unrelenting rays.
... sweltering ..."
12. Choisy: A Novel by James P. Story (1872)
"... it was a round, small-featured, freckled face, fringed with belligerent sandy
whiskers, and surmounted by a sweltering Breadalbane bonnet. ..."
13. The Equilibration of Human Aptitudes and Powers of Adaptation by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1895)
"... down to the Present Time—Still sweltering in the Agonies of Competition which
are now Refined into modern Monopolies, Corners and Trusts—Warriors Making ..."
14. A Collection of Twenty-four Caricatures: Which Have Appeared in Paris Since (1831)
"... Charles X is here delineated asleep, but sweltering, and groaning, under the
dreadful effects of the Nightmare. It comes over him in the shape of ..."
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