3syllables
sweltering
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Definitions ofsweltering
1verb
- To suffer terribly from intense heat.
- To perspire greatly from heat.
- To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.
1noun
- The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.
1adjective
- (of weather) hot and humid; oppressively sticky
Example: "The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob."
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