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- [swel-ter]
- /ˈswɛl tər/
- /ˈswel.tər/
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- [swel-ter]
- /ˈswɛl tər/
Definitions of swelter word
- verb without object swelter to suffer from oppressive heat. 1
- verb with object swelter to oppress with heat. 1
- verb with object swelter Archaic. to exude, as venom. 1
- noun swelter a sweltering condition. 1
- intransitive verb swelter weather: be uncomfortably hot 1
- intransitive verb swelter person: feel uncomfortably hot 1
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Origin of swelter
First appearance:
before 1375 One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English swelt(e)ren (v.), equivalent to swelt(en) to be overcome with heat (Old English sweltan to die; cognate with Old Norse svelta, Gothic swiltan) + -eren -er6
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Parts of speech for Swelter
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exclamation
swelter popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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swelter usage trend in Literature
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verb swelter
- blistered — a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- break a sweat — To start sweating.
- broil — When you broil food, you cook it using very strong heat directly above or below it.
- frizzle — a short, crisp curl.
- in flames — to kindle or excite (passions, desires, etc.).
noun swelter
- calefaction — the act of heating
- clamminess — covered with a cold, sticky moisture; cold and damp: clammy hands.
- dampness — Dampness is moisture in the air, or on the surface of something.
- dankness — unpleasantly moist or humid; damp and, often, chilly: a dank cellar.
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
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