stifling English

Meaning stifling meaning

What does stifling mean?

stifling

— adjective (= sultry, sulfurous) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity the summer was sultry and oppressive the stifling atmosphere the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm

— noun (= suppression, quelling) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority the suppression of heresy the quelling of the rebellion the stifling of all dissent

Synonyms stifling synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stifling?

stifling English » English

sultry

suffocating

stuffy

smothering

suppression

sulphurous

sulfurous

suffocative

scorching

crushing

choky

asphyxiating

tropical

sweltering

severe

quelling

muggy

blistering heat

very hot

unaired

torrid

suppressive

sticky

steamy

smudgy

repressing

oppressive

narrow

hot

hidrotic

fuggy

filled with smoke

confined

close

choking

air-tight

Topics stifling topics

What do people use stifling to talk about?

Universe, creation Sky

Air

• What words describe bad air (such as when the air in a room is dirty, hot, smells bad, or too many people are breathing)?
  stuffy airless stifling polluted air pollution smog

States Quality

Hot

• What words describe a time or place that is so hot that you are uncomfortable?
  stifling muggy humid oppressive