stifling

Meanings

Plural: stiflings

Noun

• forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  • "the stifling of all dissent"
• The act by which something is stifled.

Verb

• conceal or hide
• smother or suppress
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
• be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
• present participle and gerund of stifle

Adjective Satellite

• characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  • "the stifling atmosphere"

Adj

• That stifles.

Synonyms

asphyxiate, choke, crushing, dampen, muffle, quelling, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry, suppression

Antonyms

stimulate

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