Definitions for stifled
Overview of verb stifle
The verb stifle has 4 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
(conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")
2. (1) stifle, dampen
(smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity")
3. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke
(impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children")
4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate
(be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow")
Overview of adj stifled
The adj stifled has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed
(held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter")
