'Stifling' definitions:
Definition of 'stifling'
From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" [syn: sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous]
noun
Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling]
Definition of 'Stifling'
From: GCIDE
- Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n. Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla to dam up.]
- 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust. [1913 Webster]
- Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- I took my leave, being half stifled with the closeness of the room. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame. [1913 Webster]
- Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I. Newton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion. [1913 Webster]
- I desire only to have things fairly represented as they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled. --Waterland. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stifling'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airless,
- breathless,
- breezeless,
- choking,
- close,
- constrictive,
- contrary,
- counterproductive,
- crosswise,
- extinguishment,
- hindering,
- hindersome,
- humid,
- ill-ventilated,
- in the way,
- inhibiting,
- inhibitive,
- interrupting,
- interruptive,
- muggy,
- obstructing,
- obstructive,
- obstruent,
- occlusive,
- oppressive,
- overpowering,
- quashing,
- quenching,
- repressive,
- restrictive,
- smothering,
- smudgy,
- squashing,
- squelching,
- sticky,
- strangling,
- stuffy,
- suffocating,
- sultry,
- suppression,
- suppressive,
- troublesome,
- unbearable,
- unendurable,
- unvented,
- unventilated,
- windless