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SWELTRY
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and faintness
Example:
sweltering athletes
Synonyms:
sweltering; sweltry
Classified under:
Similar:
hot (used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning)