stifling

Meaning of stifling

verb
  1. To interrupt or cut off.
  2. To repress, keep in or hold back.
    The army stifled the rebellion.
  3. To smother or suffocate.
    The heat was stifling the children.
  4. To feel smothered etc.
    The heat felt stifling.
  5. To die of suffocation.
    Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
  6. To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.

noun

The act by which something is stifled.

adjective
  1. That stifles.
    The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.

Information about stifling

  • The plural form of stifling is: stiflings.
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Hyphenation of stifling

sti-fling

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • stifling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stifling synonyms

Meaning sultry:

sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous

Meaning suppression:

suppression, crushing, quelling

Meaning :

hinder, restrain, suppress, throttle

Translation of stifling

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