swelter

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To suffer terribly from intense heat.
2. (intransitive) To perspire greatly from heat.
3. (transitive) To cause to faint, to overpower, as with heat.

Noun

Intense heat.

Synonyms

sweat

😓

sultriness

perspire

suffocate

heat

perspiration

be hot

be sultry

bake

be stifling

fry

glow

hot

🥵

hotness

Translations

calor sofocante

sufocar-se

regalimar

estar xop

rostir-se

verschmachten

fast ersticken vor Wärme

ιδρώνω

ασφυκτιώ

καυσώνω

σκάω

étouffer

afa

smoren

suar

😓

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈswɛl.tə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: swelteren

Inherited from Middle English: swelten

Inherited from Old English: sweltan

In summary

From Middle English swelteren, frequentative form of Middle English swelten (“to die; faint”), from Old English sweltan (“to die”), from Proto-West Germanic *sweltan, from Proto-Germanic *sweltaną (“to die”), from Proto-Indo-European *swel- (“to smolder; burn”), equivalent to swelt + -er (frequentative suffix).