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The meaning of SWELTER is to suffer, sweat, or be faint from heat. How to use swelter in a sentence.
verb [ I ] uk / ˈswel.tə r/ us / ˈswel.tɚ / Add to word list. (of a person) to feel very hot: The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hot & heat. bake. baking. beat down. blisteringly. boiling hot. closeness. fug. haze over. heated. mirage. overheat. scorchingly. stiflingly. stuffiness.
To swelter is to be hot — very, very hot, like on a humid, ninety-degree day. To swelter is to feel like you're in an oven.
verb [ I ] us / ˈswel.tɚ / uk / ˈswel.tə r/ Add to word list. (of a person) to feel very hot: The soldiers were sweltering in their uniforms. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Hot & heat. bake. baking. beat down. blisteringly. boiling hot. closeness. fug. haze over. heated. mirage. overheat. scorchingly. stiflingly. stuffiness.
Definition of swelter verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Swelter definition: to suffer from oppressive heat.. See examples of SWELTER used in a sentence.
Noun. Filter. verb. To be or feel uncomfortably hot; sweat, feel weak, etc. from great heat. Webster's New World. To cause to swelter. Webster's New World. To suffer from oppressive heat. American Heritage.
