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noun

plural of swelter
as in sweats
a state of nervous or irritated concern the set designer spent the entire week before opening night in a swelter

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verb

present tense third-person singular of swelter
as in scorches

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Recent Examples of swelters
Noun
The San Joaquin Valley swelters Temperatures could rise to nearly 110 degrees in portions of the San Joaquin Valley over the next three afternoons. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 The public safety push comes as much of France swelters under red heat alerts, with temperatures in parts of the country forecast to top 104 degrees, the AP reported. — Jessica Mekles, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026 High temperatures may cause some battery range loss, but there are ways to conserve battery capacity even during spring and summer swelters. — Charles Singh, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for swelters
  1. sweats
  2. scorches
  3. huffs
  4. melts
  5. dithers
  6. cooks
  7. roasts
  8. smolders
Noun
  • Check it out here to see relaxed, beach-ready sweats; tops with retro, souvenir-esque prints; and more.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Shields briefly stepped into frame to give Shippy a kiss, keeping it casual in slate gray sweats and oversized aviator sunglasses.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of sweats
Verb
  • The city is bracing for triple digit temperatures this week as another heat wave scorches Central and Eastern Europe, driving fears that levels could drop even further.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 5 Aug. 2026
  • France followed its hottest-ever day with yet more brutal temperatures as a deadly heat wave scorches much of western Europe.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 24 June 2026
Definition of scorches
Noun
  • David walks out of the kitchen and Moira huffs and takes his spot over the pot.
    — Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • As much as Payton bristles about media storylines and huffs about tempo questions, the Broncos went 25 minutes without a first down against Las Vegas.
    — Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025
Definition of huffs
Verb
  • Yellowstone remains an active volcano Yellowstone sits above a hotspot where heat from deep inside Earth melts rock beneath the crust.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Aug. 2026
  • As Textile Exchange notes, thermomechanical recycling—which essentially melts plastics down to create new pellets—has a couple limitations.
    — Sarah Jones, Footwear News, 21 July 2026
Definition of melts
Noun
  • Viewers well versed in the ways of romantic fiction won’t be that surprised by how this little pas de quatre works out as Emile dithers and deliberates over each woman’s charms.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of dithers
Verb
  • The Italian mother who is a loving mother, a mother hen who cooks well.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The brilliance of this recipe is how everything cooks together in a sheet pan, even the walnuts.
    — Emily Paster, Midwest Living, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of cooks
Verb
  • The kitchen’s electrical oven roasts them during the daytime; they’re then chilled and served cold, with hot sauce, a ramekin of mayonnaise, and a pile of pickle spears.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Sacramento will benefit from a wonderful Delta breeze Monday afternoon with highs in the mid-90s, while Fresno roasts back to near 110 degrees.
    — Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of roasts
Verb
  • The inside of the mound was tightly stacked with beech wood which smolders for weeks until it's been turned into charcoal — a craft that's been practiced in the Harz mountain region in eastern Germany for hundreds of years.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
  • Hamas’ October 2023 attack on Israel – the deadliest security failure in the country’s history – sparked the war in Gaza and a multifront conflagration that still smolders almost three years later.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 June 2026
Definition of smolders

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“Swelters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swelters. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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