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- Dictionarystifling/ˈstʌɪflɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating: "stifling heat"
- 2. making one feel constrained or oppressed: "the stifling formality of her family life"
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STIFLING definition: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2. preventing something from happening: 3. extremely hot and…. Learn more.
1. a. : to withhold from circulation or expression. stifled our anger. b. : to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.) c. : deter, discourage. 2. a (1) : muffle. (2) : smother. b. : to kill by depriving of oxygen : suffocate. intransitive verb. : to be or become unable to breathe easily. stifling in the heat.
sti·fling. (stī′flĭng) adj. 1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room. 2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan). sti′fling·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
making you feel trapped and unable to do or say what you want. At 25, she found family life stifling. Check pronunciation: stifling. Definition of stifling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stifling definition: suffocating; oppressively close. See examples of STIFLING used in a sentence.
Definition of 'stifling' Word Frequency. stifling. (staɪflɪŋ ) 1. adjective. 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.
Synonyms for STIFLING: close, suffocating, stuffy, breathless, thick, oppressive, heavy, airless; Antonyms of STIFLING: breezy, airy, refreshing, sweet, bracing, reviving, brisk, restorative.
Something stifling makes you feel suffocated. If your mother insists on accompanying you on your first date, that will probably feel stifling.
Translations of stifling. in Chinese (Traditional) 悶熱的, 悶熱的，熱得令人窒息的, 防止發生…. See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 闷热的, 闷热的，热得令人窒息的, 防止发生…. See more. in Spanish. sofocante, opresivo….
Definitions of 'stifling' 1. Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. [...] 2. If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want. [...] 3. See also stifle. More. Pronunciations of 'stifling'
