sweltering | Definition of sweltering

Synonyms and Antonyms of sweltering

having a notably high temperature

the air conditioning was broken, and it was sweltering in the office

Synonyms of sweltering

ardent, boiling, broiling, burning, fervent, fervid, fiery, hot, piping hot, red, red-hot, roasting, scalding, scorching, searing, sultry, superheated, torrid, ultrahot, white-hot

Words Related to sweltering

blazing, glowing, igneous, molten, seething, sizzling

heated, overheated, reheated, warmed

snug, toasty, warm, warmish

feverish, flushed, inflamed (also enflamed)

canicular, muggy, steamy, summerlike, summery, tropical

Near Antonyms of sweltering

chill, chilly, coldish, cool, coolish, nippy, snappy

blizzardly, frosty, snowy, subfreezing, subzero, wintry (also wintery)

chilled, cooled, refrigerated, unheated

benumbed, numb, shivering

Antonyms of sweltering

algid, arctic, bitter, bone-chilling, cold, freezing, frigid, frozen, glacial, ice-cold, iced, icy