sweltry

2 definitions found

sweltry - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Sweltry \Swel"try\, a. [See Swelter, Swelt, v. i., and cf.
     Sultry.]
     Suffocating with heat; oppressively hot; sultry. [R.]
     --Evelyn.
     [1913 Webster]

sweltry - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  sweltry
      adj 1: excessively hot and humid or marked by sweating and
             faintness; "a sweltering room"; "sweltering athletes"
             [syn: sweltering, sweltry]