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swelterings

swelterings is the plural of sweltering.

Meaning of sweltering

Noun

sweltering (plural swelterings)

  1. The situation of being or feeling hot and humid.
    • March 11 1932, Northrop Frye, notebook
      It is truly a long way from Augustine's ultra-violet perspicacity to our swelterings in the intolerably sapping infra-red, but we are constantly plunging into deeper and deeper black and may rest our eyes in peace sometime.

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Questions about swelterings

What is swelterings the plural of?
Swelterings is the plural of sweltering.

Words near swelterings in the dictionary

  1. swelted
  2. swelter
  3. sweltered
  4. sweltering
  5. swelteringly
  6. swelterings
  7. swelters
  8. sweltersome
  9. sweltery
  10. swelting
  11. sweltry

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