To suffer from, or be subjected to, intense heat
“So throughout the night, the fan blew only on his torso, leaving his head and legs to swelter in the heat.”
To perspire greatly from heat
“I built a custom sauna to swelter in and to shed the cold and frigid winters here on Lake Superior.”
To heat up or become very hot
To remain in a heated or stifling atmosphere
A state of being nervous, anxious, or irritated
“He had spent most of the night in a swelter of self-recrimination.”
The property of being torrid
Dampness, especially that of the air
Related Words and Phrases
|