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Noun
Verb
Adjective
Adverb

STIFLING

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1 sense for stifling as a Noun:

Synonyms:
- Suppression
- Crushing
- Quelling
- Stifling
Definitions:
- forceful prevention
- putting down by power or authority
Examples:
- The suppression of heresy
- The quelling of the rebellion
- The stifling of all dissent

4 senses for stifle as a Verb:

Synonyms:
- Smother
- Stifle
- Strangle
- Muffle
- Repress
Definitions:
- conceal or hide
Examples:
- Smother a yawn
- Muffle one's anger
- Strangle a yawn
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- Stifle
- Dampen
Definitions:
- smother or suppress
Examples:
- Stifle your curiosity
Synonyms:
- Suffocate
- Stifle
- Asphyxiate
- Choke
Definitions:
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Examples:
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Synonyms:
- Suffocate
- Stifle
- Asphyxiate
Definitions:
- be asphyxiated
- die from lack of oxygen
Examples:
- The child suffocated under the pillow

1 sense for stifling as an Adjective:

Synonyms:
- Sultry
- Stifling
- Sulfurous
- Sulphurous
Definitions:
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Examples:
- The summer was sultry and oppressive
- The stifling atmosphere
- The sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
Antonyms:
- Cold

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