v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

To suffer from oppressive heat.

v.tr.

1. To affect with oppressive heat.
2. Archaic. To exude (venom, for example).

n.

A condition of oppressive heat.

[Middle English swelteren, frequentative of swelten, to faint from heat, from Old English sweltan, to perish.]

verb

To feel or look hot: bake, broil¹, burn, roast. See hot/cold/lukewarm.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be uncomfortably hot

Meaning #2: suffer from intense heat

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - være ved at gå til af varme
v. tr. - være ved at gå til af varme
n. - voldsom varme

Nederlands (Dutch)
leiden onder de hitte, puffen

Français (French)
v. intr. - étouffer de chaleur
v. tr. - étouffer de chaleur
n. - chaleur étouffante

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bruthitze
v. - vor Hitze fast vergehen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - υγρή ζέστη
v. - σκάω από ζέστη, είμαι αποπνικτικά ζεστός

Italiano (Italian)
calura, soffocare per l'afa

Português (Portuguese)
n. - grande calor (m)
v. - sofrer do calor

Русский (Russian)
жара, изнеможение, сумбур, волнение, изнемогать от жары

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - sofocarse de calor, sudar la gota gorda, achicharrarse
v. tr. - sofocar, achicharrar (de calor)
n. - bochorno, calor sofocante, sudor copioso

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - tryckande hetta
v. - försmäkta (av hetta)

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
闷热, 汗流夹背, 被暑气所苦, 使闷热, 使中暑, 过度紧张

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 悶熱, 汗流夾背, 被暑氣所苦
v. tr. - 使悶熱, 使中暑
n. - 悶熱, 過度緊張

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 더위에 지치다, 더위 먹다, 땀 투성이가 되다
v. tr. - 무더위에 지치다, 더위 먹다, 땀 투성이가 되다
n. - 무더움, 흥분

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 暑さにうだる, 汗だくになる
n. - うだるような暑さ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حر شديد , عرق غزير , قلق (فعل) يتصبب عرقا ( من الحر) يصيب الاغماء ( من الحر)‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮הזיע, סבל מחום‬
v. tr. - ‮העיק (חום)‬
n. - ‮מזג אויר חם ומעיק‬

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