'Smothered' definitions:
Definition of 'smothered'
From: WordNet
adjective
Held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" [syn: smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed]
adjective
Completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"
Definition of 'Smothered'
From: GCIDE
- Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
- 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'smothered'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- arcane,
- bated,
- cabalistic,
- censored,
- classified,
- close,
- closed,
- concealed,
- crushed,
- cryptic,
- damped,
- dampened,
- dark,
- dead,
- deadened,
- dull,
- dulled,
- enigmatic,
- esoteric,
- flat,
- hermetic,
- hidden,
- hush-hush,
- latent,
- muffled,
- muted,
- mysterious,
- occult,
- quashed,
- quelled,
- repressed,
- restricted,
- secret,
- smashed,
- softened,
- sordo,
- squashed,
- squelched,
- stifled,
- subdued,
- suffocated,
- suppressed,
- top secret,
- ulterior,
- unbreatheable,
- under security,
- under wraps,
- undisclosable,
- undisclosed,
- undivulgable,
- undivulged,
- unrevealable,
- unrevealed,
- unspoken,
- untellable,
- untold,
- unutterable,
- unuttered,
- unwhisperable