sweltering heat
Unbearably hot weather
Sweltering heat is oppressively hot weather—the kind that makes you sweat just standing still.
The phrase emphasizes humid, stifling conditions rather than dry heat: We spent the afternoon in sweltering heat, waiting for the bus with no shade in sight.
Sweltering alone usually implies heat, making the full phrase somewhat redundant but emphatic.
- scorchingExtremely hot, burning
- humidContaining much moisture
- muggyUnpleasantly warm and humid
- oppressiveUnjustly harsh or stifling
- stiflingOppressively hot and close
blazing · blistering · suffocating · tropical · heatwave · dog days · Indian summer · sticky · perspiration · sweat · hot flash · parched · thirst · sunstroke · shade · fan · cooling off · drought
- overstimulationsensory overload, overstimulation, cognitive overload, cacophony, overwhelm
sweltering heatbitter cold
Extremely low temperature
freezing cold · arctic cold · biting cold · numbing cold · subzero temperatures
sweltering heatcool breeze
Gentle refreshing airflow
crisp air · brisk air · fresh air · air conditioning · mild weather
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