smothered English

Meaning smothered meaning

What does smothered mean?

smothered

— adjective (= stifled, strangled, suppressed) held in check with difficulty a smothered cough a stifled yawn a strangled scream suppressed laughter

— adjective completely covered bonnets smothered with flowers smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy

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smothered English » English

strangled

suppressed

stifled

suffocated

choke

repressed

quelled

muffled

interred

inhumed

embedded

buried