Sweltering means uncomfortably hot. Walking home from work on a sweltering day will leave you sweating. A sweltering summer afternoon might cause you to turn on the air conditioning in your apartment or take a cool shower.

Does sweltering mean humid?

Suffering from oppressive heat. (of weather) Hot and humid; oppressively sticky.

What do the word sweltering mean?

(swɛltərɪŋ ) adjective. If you describe the weather as sweltering, you mean that it is extremely hot and makes you feel uncomfortable.