'Suffocating' definitions:
Definition of 'suffocating'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: smothering, suffocating, suffocative]
Definition of 'Suffocating'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.]
- 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. [1913 Webster]
- Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Suffocating'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocating \Suf"fo*ca`ting\, a. & n. from Suffocate, v. -- {Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffocating'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- airless,
- breathless,
- breezeless,
- censorship,
- close,
- crackdown,
- crushing,
- extinguishment,
- humid,
- ill-ventilated,
- muggy,
- nose-piercing,
- oppressive,
- penetrating,
- pungent,
- putting down,
- quashing,
- quelling,
- quenching,
- reeking,
- repression,
- sharp,
- smashing,
- smothering,
- smudgy,
- squashing,
- squelching,
- sticky,
- stifling,
- strangling,
- strong,
- strong-scented,
- strong-smelling,
- stuffy,
- subdual,
- sultry,
- suppression,
- throttling,
- unvented,
- unventilated,
- windless