Synonyms of sweltering

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adjective

as in boiling

having a notably high temperature

the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• boiling
• searing
• hot
• burning
• molten
• broiling
• heated
• scorching
• torrid
• red
• sultry
• warm
• warmed
• white-hot
• superheated
• roasting
• scalding
• fiery
• fervent
• fervid
• red-hot
• ardent
• blazing
• piping hot
• seething
• ultrahot
• sizzling
• glowing
• igneous
• overheated
• muggy
• tropical
• steamy
• warmish
• toasty
• feverish
• flushed
• reheated
• inflamed
• snug
• summery
• enflamed
• summerlike
• canicular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• cold
• freezing
• frigid
• icy
• frozen
• glacial
• arctic
• chilly
• ice-cold
• iced
• bitter
• cool
• chill
• snowy
• nippy
• frosty
• wintry
• bone-chilling
• algid
• subzero
• coolish
• snappy
• wintery
• cooled
• unheated
• coldish
• chilled
• refrigerated
• subfreezing
• shivering
• benumbed
• numb
• blizzardly

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verb

present participle of swelter

as in scorching

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scorching
• broiling
• melting
• baking
• cooking
• roasting
• smouldering
• flickering
• smoldering
• wavering
• sputtering
• charring
• sparking
• lighting (up)
• radiating
• beaming
• shining
• glittering
• gleaming
• glistening
• shimmering
• flaring (up)
• brightening
• igniting
• guttering
• beating (down)
• glaring
• glimmering
• sparkling
• kindling
• glinting
• scintillating
• blazing
• firing
• deflagrating
• flashing
• glowing
• twinkling
• burning
• flaming
• combusting
• enkindling
• catching