SWELTERING Synonyms: 114 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

ˈswel-t(ə-)riŋ

Definition of sweltering

as in boiling

having a notably high temperature the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office

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verb

present participle of swelter

as in scorching

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Recent Examples of sweltering

Adjective

Electric induction stovetops don’t create these sweltering conditions, Kashtan said. — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026 On a sweltering late-summer afternoon during Americanafest in Nashville, Rothman sat on the patio of Brown’s Diner — while Jeremy Ivey serenaded a crowd inside and played over the patio’s speakers — and explained how this project came to light. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2026 On a sweltering morning last June, House Speaker Jon Burns made an announcement to a tense and packed Capitol atrium. — AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026 Now, as weather shifts from the sweltering humidity of summer to crisp fall air, the boots are set to arrive just in time for the shift in seasons. — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 15 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sweltering

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sweltering

Adjective

More humane methods of killing lobsters pre-boiling include a sharp knife through the head, electrical stunning, or freezing.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 29 Dec. 2025
Agrawal and her team studied ionic liquids — salts that are liquid at sub-boiling temperatures (below 212 degrees Fahrenheit, or 100 degrees Celsius) — as a potential hospitable environment for life.

— Stefanie Waldek, Space.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Definition of boiling

Verb

Its advanced technology generates precise light pulses that cut through delicate materials such as computer chips and human tissue without scorching surrounding tissue.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
Tina Snow thrives in the winter, but Megan Thee Stallion is scorching in October.

— Michael Saponara, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of scorching

Adjective

What followed was a horrific night of physical and mental spousal abuse, which Adams describes in searing, emotional prose.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 20 Oct. 2026
Artificial, which arrives in theaters on Christmas, may be the most searing of the lot.

— Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of searing

Verb

As temperatures warm, more of Northern California’s water is set to arrive as rain instead of snow, with water running downstream instead of melting slowly into reservoirs as a stable water supply.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The Upper Basin, which includes Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, has tended to be more resilient as its groundwater benefits from melting snow coursing down the Rocky Mountains.

— Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of melting

Adjective

Then, of course, there’s the sandwich that started it all — the Sublime, with prosciutto, hot soppressata, burrata, fresh walnut pesto, spicy garlic aioli, sundried tomatoes and arugula.

— Katelyn Umholtz, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
Neither is the league’s hottest player, the record five-time MVP A’Ja Wilson, whose defending champion Las Vegas were swept in the semifinals by Golden State.

— Don Riddell, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hot

Verb

This recipe, slightly adapted for thickness, provides a just-charred, roasted edge to the classic tomato soup due to broiling a heaping pile of vegetables together.

— Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
Dozens of young people, including a twenty-one-year-old professional footballer, drowned while seeking relief in open water; three French children died in broiling cars.

— Eric Klinenberg, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of broiling

Adjective

Prosecutors said some of the money was used for recruiting new members and purchasing Ku Klux Klan robes and materials for cross-burning ceremonies.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
In the case of the cross-burning incident, there is no comparison to the Jussie Smollett case.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026

Definition of burning

Verb

Many of these 13 tracks have popped up as demos in Jensen’s live shows or NTS sets, cooking down to their essence in plain sight.

— Hattie Lindert, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2026
The Cupertino writers are really cooking with this case, which once again sees multiple reversals of fortune, with Chatlike presenting airtight arguments that PSA punctures and vice versa.

— Noel Murray, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2026

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