sweltering
panas terik
definition
verb
Barney sweltered in his doorman's uniform
(of a person or the atmosphere at a particular time or place) be uncomfortably hot.
adjective
the sweltering afternoon heat
uncomfortably hot.
example
During our 'sweltering' American summer, the average temperature in this northern city hovers around a comfortable 75 degrees.
According to reports from Chris, who went out there a few days ago, the weather has ranged from 'sweltering' to incapacitating.
Gold miners often have to descend more than 3 kilometres underground to drill ore in 'sweltering' narrow tunnels.
Still, temperatures in the low 90 s, with 'sweltering' humidity, did produce some grumbling.
Many urbanites in southern Europe flee their 'sweltering' cities for the mountains or coast in summer.
The mercury reached a 'sweltering' 107 degrees in Dallas on Sunday.
The screaming fans couldn't compose themselves even in the 'sweltering' heat.
Men lived and worked with volatile herbicides for ten days straight each fortnight, some over several years, in the 'sweltering' monsoonal climate.
The air conditioning was broken, so the cab was 'sweltering' .
A calm air - despite the 'sweltering' Spanish heat - emanated.
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