stifling

stifling
Synonyms and related words:
airless, breathless, breezeless, choking, close, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, extinguishment, hindering, hindersome, humid, ill-ventilated, in the way, inhibiting, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, muggy, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, oppressive, overpowering, quashing, quenching, repressive, restrictive, smothering, smudgy, squashing, squelching, sticky, strangling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, suppression, suppressive, troublesome, unbearable, unendurable, unvented, unventilated, windless

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  • stifling — index censorship, deadly, disadvantage, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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  • stifling — [stī′fliŋ] adj. so close as to be oppressive; suffocating stiflingly adv …   English World dictionary

  • stifling — sti|fling [ staıflıŋ ] adjective 1. ) heat or a room that is stifling is so hot that it is difficult for you to breathe: the stifling heat of a summer s day The hotel lobby was stifling. 2. ) air or a smell that is stifling makes it difficult for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • stifling — UK [ˈstaɪf(ə)lɪŋ] / US adjective 1) heat or a room that is stifling is so hot that it is difficult for you to breathe the stifling heat of a midsummer s day The hotel lobby was stifling. 2) air or a smell that is stifling makes it difficult for… …   English dictionary

  • stifling — [[t]sta͟ɪfəlɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. Syn:… …   English dictionary

  • stifling — stif|ling [ˈstaıflıŋ] adj 1.) a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and uncomfortable, so that it seems difficult to breathe ▪ a stifling, crowded train ▪ the stifling heat of the tropics 2.) a situation that is stifling stops you from… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • stifling — adjective 1 a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and difficult to breathe in: a stifling, crowded carriage 2 a situation that is stifling stops you from developing your own ideas and character: the stifling atmosphere of the court …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • stifling — I noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority the suppression of heresy the quelling of the rebellion the stifling of all dissent • Syn: ↑suppression, ↑crushing, ↑quelling …   Useful english dictionary

  • Stifling — Stifle Sti fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to dam up.] 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • stifling — stiflingly, adv. /stuy fling/, adj. suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern. [1550 60; STIFLE1 + ING2] * * * …   Universalium

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