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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]