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Antonyms for swelter

Grammar : Verb
Spell : swel-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈswɛl tər

Definition of swelter

Origin :
  • c.1400, frequentative of swelten "be faint (especially with heat)," late 14c., from Old English sweltan "to die," from Proto-Germanic *swel- (cf. Old Saxon sweltan "to die," Old Norse svelta "to put to death, starve," Gothic sviltan "to die"), originally "to burn slowly," hence "to be overcome with heat or fever;" also the source of Old English swelan "to burn," from PIE root *swel- (2) "to shine, beam" (see Selene). For specialization of words meaning "to die," cf. starve. Related: Sweltered; sweltering.
  • verb suffocate
  • verb burn up
Example sentences :
  • The beat of the sun from above and the swelter of dust from below were overpowering.
  • Extract from : « The Great Boer War » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • The city, hot as an oven, seemed to swelter in the stifling night.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 6 » by Guy de Maupassant
  • "But in hot weather like this it must make you swelter," continued Elmer.
  • Extract from : « Endurance Test » by Alan Douglas
  • How far away now seems the welter and swelter of the city, the hectic sophistication of the streets.
  • Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
  • The poor children have to swelter in knitted socks, knitted hoods, and knitted sweaters, just because they come from America.
  • Extract from : « The Spell of the Hawaiian Islands and the Philippines » by Isabel Anderson
  • Then there is hot weather, perhaps up in the eighties, and Californians grumble, swelter and rustle for summer clothes.
  • Extract from : « Complete Story of the San Francisco Horror » by Richard Linthicum
  • She knew as a child what it was to live amidst storms of babies, in the heat and swelter of fecundity.
  • Extract from : « The Rainbow » by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
  • How the crowded chickadee babies must swelter in their bed of fur and feathers tucked inside a close, stuffy hole!
  • Extract from : « Birds Every Child Should Know » by Neltje Blanchan
  • He hadn't much missed her in the swelter of the new passion, but after ten days passed he began to worry.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • Then follows hot weather, perhaps up in the eighties, and Californians grumble, swelter and rustle for summer clothes.
  • Extract from : « The City That Was » by Will Irwin

Synonyms for swelter

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