Sweltry

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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