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Definitions for Stifling
[1] suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern.
[2] to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
[3] to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn.
[4] to kill by impeding respiration; smother.
[5] to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere.
[6] to become stifled or suffocated.
[7] oppressively hot or stuffy a stifling atmosphere
[8] (tr) to smother or suppress stifle a cough
[9] to feel or cause to feel discomfort and difficulty in breathing
[10] to prevent or be prevented from breathing so as to cause death
[11] (tr) to crush or stamp out
[12] the joint in the hind leg of a horse, dog, etc, between the femur and tibia
Words related to Stifling
muggy, humid, sultry, fetid, stuffy, confined, close, heavy, thick, breathless, stagnant
Words nearby Stifling
stiff-necked, stiffen, stiffener, stiffy, stifle, stifling, stigma, stigmasterol, stigmatic, stigmatism, stigmatist
Origin of Stifling
e11350–1400; Middle English < Old Norse stīfla to stop up, dam, akin to stīfr stiff
Other words from Stifling
sti·fling·ly , adverb
un·sti·fling , adjective
sti·fler , noun
un·sti·fled , adjective
Word origin for Stifling
eC14: of unknown origin
Synonyms for Stifling
fetid, humid, muggy, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, close, confined, heavy, thick, breathless, stagnant, unventilated