sweltering[
'swɛltərɪŋ]
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sweltering[ adj ]excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness<adj.all> a sweltering roomsweltering athletes
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.
2. To welter; to soak. [Obs.] --Drayton.