Definitions for stifling
Overview of noun stifling
The noun stifling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
(forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent")
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 stifling
The adj stifling has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous
(characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm")
