sweltering
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Synonyms & Antonyms for sweltering
Synonyms
ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot
Antonyms
algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy
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The winter is harsher and the summer is more sweltering. — Washington Post, "Rising seas threaten Egypt’s fabled port city of Alexandria," 30 Aug. 2019 The 2,300-capacity Wiltern was packed and sweltering, with L.A.’s African diaspora out in full regalia. — Los Angeles Times, "Review: Burna Boy celebrates L.A.'s African diaspora at star-making Wiltern show," 30 Aug. 2019 The photographer Lam Yik Fei has spent the past 12 weeks on the sweltering summer streets of Hong Kong, dodging tear gas canisters and pepper spray to document each step of the movement for The New York Times. — New York Times, "City on Edge: Photographs From Hong Kong’s Summer of Protest," 28 Aug. 2019 Buzz60 The summer of 2019 was one of the hottest and driest on record in parts of the U.S., exposing millions of workers to sweltering heat for extended periods of time. — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, "Can your boss make you come to work in the scorching heat?," 26 Aug. 2019 Not only did 78 seem warm, but raising the temperature through the sweltering nights? — Dan Sweeney, sun-sentinel.com, "Cool it! South Floridians scoff at recommendation to raise thermostat at night.," 22 Aug. 2019 On a sweltering-hot Saturday evening, with temperatures hovering around 100 degrees at kickoff, the script was set to play out again. — Terrence Thomas, ExpressNews.com, "SAFC squanders late lead, settles for draw," 18 Aug. 2019 Leaving out a small amount of water for bees helps them survive sweltering summers, Tomaszewski said. — Scottie Andrew, CNN, "Seven simple things you can do to save the bees on National Honeybee Day," 17 Aug. 2019 Donna Ferguson awoke in the Mexican resort city of Cancun before sunrise on a sweltering Saturday in July. — Phil Galewitz, Dallas News, "Need a knee replacement? This company pays employees to meet a doctor in Cancun," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'sweltering.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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sweltering
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