Yahoo Canada Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   stifling

   /ˈstʌɪflɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating: "stifling heat"
   • 2. making one feel constrained or oppressed: "the stifling formality of her family life"

   Derivatives

   • 1. stiflingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

   • S

     1

   • T

     1

   • I

     1

   • F

     4

   • L

     1

   • I

     1

   • N

     1

   • G

     2

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points

2. People also ask

   What does stifling mean?

   • Summers in Virginia have always had stifling humidity. What is the pronunciation of stifling? 悶熱的, 悶熱的，熱得令人窒息的, 防止發生… 闷热的, 闷热的，热得令人窒息的, 防止发生… sofocante, opresivo… abafado… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! STIFLING definition: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2. preventing something from happening: 3. extremely hot and…. Learn more.

   STIFLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/stifling

   See all results for this question

   How do you use stifling in a sentence?

   • 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. If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want . Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.

   STIFLING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

   www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/stifling

   See all results for this question

   What does it mean to stifle a person?

   • to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.), to hold back, to stifle (a yawn, laugh, etc.), to hold (one's breath) to press (someone for something), to urge, to compel, to influence to broadcast, to play (e.g. music over a loudspeaker), to send (electricity through a wire) to cancel (a plan, meeting, etc.), to call off, to reject (e.g. a bill)

   List: godan verb - JapanDict: Japanese Dictionary

   japandict.com/lists/pos/v5s

   See all results for this question

   Is golf a stifling culture?

   • There is so much amateur psychoanalysis in golf, it can become stifling. This is potentially great news for anyone who’s tried to knock out a quick morning run or ride in a stifling-hot N95. A creeping sense develops that Judy fled not just a stifling culture but a genuine existential threat.

   STIFLING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

   www.dictionary.com/browse/stifling

   See all results for this question

3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTIFLING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

   dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › english

   • Cached

   STIFLING definition: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2. preventing something from happening: 3. extremely hot and…. Learn more.

   • English (US)

     STIFLING meaning: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2....

   • Pronunciation in English

     STIFLING pronunciation. How to say stifling. Listen to the...

   • Stifling in Spanish

     STIFLING translate: sofocante, opresivo, sofocante. Learn...

   • Znaczenie Stifling, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     STIFLING definicja: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2....

   • Stifling: French Translation

     stifling translate: étouffant. Learn more in the Cambridge...

4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stiflingStifling Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

   www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stifling

   • Cached

   1. a. : to withhold from circulation or expression. stifled our anger. b. : to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.) c. : deter, discourage. 2. a (1) : muffle. (2) : smother. b. : to kill by depriving of oxygen : suffocate. intransitive verb. : to be or become unable to breathe easily. stifling in the heat. stifler. ˈstī-f (ə-)lər. noun. stiflingly

5. www.dictionary.com › browse › stiflingSTIFLING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

   www.dictionary.com › browse › stifling

   • Cached

   Stifling definition: suffocating; oppressively close. See examples of STIFLING used in a sentence.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › stiflingstifling adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

   www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › stifling

   • Cached

   making you feel trapped and unable to do or say what you want. At 25, she found family life stifling. Check pronunciation: stifling. Definition of stifling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › stiflingStifling - definition of stifling by The Free Dictionary

   www.thefreedictionary.com › stifling

   • Cached

   adj. 1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room. 2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan). sti′fling·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

8. www.collinsdictionary.com › english › stiflingSTIFLING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

   www.collinsdictionary.com › english › stifling

   • Cached

   If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want. Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling. ...a stifling bureaucracy.

9. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stiflingStifling - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

   www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stifling

   Something stifling makes you feel suffocated. If your mother insists on accompanying you on your first date, that will probably feel stifling. Stifle comes from the Middle English word stuffle, which means to kill by cutting off air.