sweltered
Baked in summer
Sweltered is the past tense of swelter, meaning to suffer from oppressive heat: We sweltered through a July without air conditioning.
The word suggests not just being hot but being uncomfortably, heavily hot—the kind of heat that makes you sluggish and damp with sweat.
Unpleasantly warm and humid
- sultryHot, humid, or alluring
- steamyHot, moist, or erotic
- clammyMoist and cool
- humidContaining much moisture
sticky · sweaty · oppressive · close · heavy · tropical · damp · moist
Extremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
- burningCombustion in progress
- sizzlingHissing from heat
searing · roasting · baking · parching · steaming · overheating · heatwave · sunstroke
muggy
Unpleasantly warm and humid
humid · sticky · sweaty · oppressive · close · heavy · tropical · damp · moist · drenched
scorching
Extremely hot, burning
- blisteringExtremely intense or severe
- broilingExtremely hot, or oven-top cooking
- burningCombustion in progress
sizzling · searing · roasting · baking · parching · steaming · overheating · heatwave · sunstroke · dehydration
heatwave
Prolonged abnormally high temperatures
- sunburnUV-induced skin inflammation
- poolsideAdjacent to swimming area
- air-conditioningMechanical indoor cooling
ice-cream · lemonade · sunscreen · hydration · shade · barbecue · popsicle · sundress · shorts · sunglasses
fatigued
Drained of energy
wilted · listless · lethargic · enervated · languid · prostrate · debilitated · depleted · overheated · parched