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Describing something that stifles.
The heat was stifling, it seemed hard to breath and the exertion rolling over on the bed seemed to much.
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stifling — index censorship, deadly, disadvantage, oppressive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stifling — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unpleasantly hot and stuffy. DERIVATIVES stiflingly adverb … English terms dictionary
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
