sweltering

About 0.28 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective hot and humid; oppressively sticky

   The day was sweltering, so Lauren put on the shortest pair of shorts she could find and went to get ice-cream with her friend Rob.

2. verb present participle and gerund of swelter
3. noun The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.

Similar words

sweltry hot oppressive sweltersome heavy sweatful scorching hot overhot mafting hot as hell

Often followed by

heat in summer day hot with and afternoon sun

Word family

swelteringly