swelter
Intense heatIntense heat.
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» It was sweltering inside.
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1 sensesIntense heat.
The summer swelter did not relent until late in September, most years.
Hitzewelle
жара́žará, знойznoj
Examples
11 sentencesIt was sweltering inside.
Layla was sweltering in a 90 degree heat.
It's early September, and we're absolutely sweltering.
deEs ist Anfang September, und wir schmoren vor Hitze. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
The sweltering afternoon began to turn into a thunderstorm.
It's a sweltering summer's day.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; fainFrom Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).
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