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   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

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

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

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   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

4. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definitionstifling adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and ...

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

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

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   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.

6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTIFLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing: She stifled a cough / yawn / scream / sneeze. I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger. We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.

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   Something stifling makes you feel suffocated. If your mother insists on accompanying you on your first date, that will probably feel stifling.

8. www.oed.com › dictionary › stifling_adjstifling, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...

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   There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective stifling, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.