stifling
Meaning of stifling
verb
- To interrupt or cut off.
- To repress, keep in or hold back.
The army stifled the rebellion.
- To smother or suffocate.
The heat was stifling the children.
- To feel smothered etc.
The heat felt stifling.
- To die of suffocation.
Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
- To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
noun
The act by which something is stifled.
adjective- 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:
Meaning suppression:
suppression, crushing, quelling
Meaning :
hinder, restrain, suppress, throttle
Translation of stifling
- Italian: soffocante
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