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Meaning of Sweltering | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

Definitions

The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

Equivalents

العربية الإحترار
Български зноен
Català xafogós
Deutsch drückend heiß glühend heiß verschmachtend
Español abrasador sofocante
Suomi läkähtyminen
Français étouffant
Nederlands bloedheet
Русский знойный
Svenska stekhet
Türkçe bunaltıcı

Examples

“March⟳ 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest⟳ our eyes in peace sometime.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

Swelteringly Swelters swene Swenglish Swensen Swenson

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