English-Thai Dictionary

swelter

N ความร้อน อบอ้าว  ความ ร้อนระอุ  heat hotness kwam-ron-aob-ao

 

swelter

VI ร้อน อบอ้าว  ร้อนระอุ  suffocate glow hot rob-aob-ao

 

swelter

VT ซึม ออก  ไหล ออก  sweat perspire suem-ook

 

sweltering

ADJ ร้อน มาก  hot scorching ron-mak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWELT

for swelled, is not in use.

 

SWELT

v.i.To faint; to swoon.

 

SWELT

v.t.To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint. [We now use swelter. ]

 

SWELTER

v.i.[from swelt. ] To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat.

 

SWELTER

v.t.To oppress with heat.

 

SWELTERED

pp. Oppressed with heat.

 

SWELTERING

ppr. Fainting or languishing with heat; oppressing with heat.

 

SWELTRY

a.Suffocating with heat; oppressive with heat; sultry. [See Sultry, which is probably a contraction of sweltry. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SWELT

SWELT Swelt, obs.

 

Defn: imp. of Swell.

 

SWELT

Swelt, v. i. Etym: [OE. swelten to die, to swoon or faint, AS. sweltan to die; akin to OD. swelten to hunger, to fail, OS. sweltan to die, Icel. svelta to die, to hunger, Sw. svälta to hunger, Dan. sulte, Goth. sviltan to die. Cf. Swelter, Sweltry. ]

 

1. To die; to perish. [Obs. ]

 

2. To faint; to swoon. [Obs. ] Chaucer. Night she swelt for passing joy. Spenser.

 

SWELT

SWELT Swelt, v. t.

 

Defn: To overpower, as with heat; to cause to faint; to swelter. [Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] Bp. Hall.

 

SWELTER

Swel "ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sweltered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sweltering. ]Etym: [From Swelt, v. i.]

 

1. To be overcome and faint with heat; to be ready to perish with heat. "Sweltered cattle. " Coleridge.

 

2. To welter; to soak. [Obs. ] Drayton.

 

SWELTER

SWELTER Swel "ter, v. t.

 

1. To oppress with heat. Bentley.

 

2. To exude, like sweat. [R.] Shak.

 

SWELTRY

Swel "try, a. Etym: [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf. Sultry. ]

 

Defn: Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.] Evelyn.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

swelter

swel ter |ˈsweltər ˈswɛltər | ▶verb [ no obj. ] (of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place ) be uncomfortably hot: Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an uncomfortably hot atmosphere: the swelter of an August day. ORIGIN Middle English: from the base of dialect swelt ‘perish, ’ of Germanic origin.

 

sweltering

swel ter ing |ˈswelt (ə )riNG | ▶adjective uncomfortably hot: the sweltering afternoon heat. DERIVATIVES swel ter ing ly adverb

 

Oxford Dictionary

swelter

swel |ter |ˈswɛltə | ▶verb [ no obj. ] be uncomfortably hot: Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform. ▶noun [ in sing. ] an uncomfortably hot atmosphere: the swelter of the afternoon had cooled. ORIGIN Middle English: from the base of dialect swelt ‘perish ’, of Germanic origin.

 

sweltering

swel |ter |ing |ˈswɛlt (ə )rɪŋ | ▶adjective uncomfortably hot: a sweltering English summer | the sweltering heat outside. DERIVATIVES swelteringly adverb

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

sweltering

sweltering adjective a sweltering afternoon: hot, stifling, humid, sultry, sticky, muggy, close, stuffy; tropical, torrid, searing, blistering; informal boiling (hot ), baking, roasting, sizzling. ANTONYMS freezing.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

sweltering

sweltering adjective a sweltering afternoon: hot, stifling, suffocating, humid, steamy, sultry, sticky, muggy, close, stuffy, airless, oppressive, tropical, torrid, burning, searing, parching, like an oven, like a Turkish bath, jungle-like; informal boiling, baking, roasting, blistering, sizzling. ANTONYMS cold, chilly, cool.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

swelter

swel ter /swéltə r /動詞 自動詞 〈人が 〉暑さにうだる, 汗だくになる .名詞 U うだるような暑さ .

 

sweltering

sw é l ter ing /-t (ə )rɪŋ /形容詞 〈気候などが 〉うだるように暑い, 蒸し暑い .