What is another word for smothered?
Pronunciation:
[ smˈʌðəd], [ smˈʌðəd], [ s_m_ˈʌ_ð_ə_d]
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Similar words for smothered:
- all (adjective)
- extinguished (adjective)
- killed (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- pent-up (adjective)
- suppressed (adjective)
- covered (noun)
- inhibited (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- killed (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Smothered:
adj.
• all (adjective) • extinguished (adjective) • killed (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective) • pent-up (adjective) • suppressed (adjective)n.
• covered (noun) • inhibited (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• killed (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- dead,
- fixed,
- troubled,
- horse,
- drown,
- mysterious,
- squelched,
- latent,
- quell,
- smother,
- bordered,
- quelled,
- bothered,
- Undivulged,
- Strangulated,
- Disobliged,
- cluttered,
- rounded,
- encircled,
- deadened,
- occult,
- cover up,
- arcane,
- surrounded,
- esoteric,
- close,
- fenced,
- hush-hush,
- censored,
- Rummaged,
- Doused,
- Shelved,
- softened,
- hermetic,
- jammed,
- concealed,
- stopped,
- jumbled,
- under wraps,
- unspoken,
- ulterior,
- released,
- stifle,
- untellable,
- Messed,
- cryptic,
- breathless,
- published,
- walled,
- anesthetized,
- top-secret,
- smashed,
- Muzzled,
- Skirted,
- crushed,
- muted,
- subdued,
- Beleaguered,
- muffled,
- Circumvented,
- enigmatic,
- hush up,
- restrained,
- choked,
- suppress,
- retired,
- unuttered,
- Circled,
- unrevealed,
- cover,
- holed,
- Blanketed,
- repressed,
- muddled,
- silenced,
- unutterable,
- Issued,
- oppressed,
- overpowered,
- hidden,
- undisclosed,
- untold,
- flat,
- Throttled,
- secret,
- smoked,
- Ensconced,
- dulled,
- sordo,
- Quashed,
- hold back,
- Damped,
- curbed,
- Palisaded,
- dark,
- Smouldered,
- burked,
- anaesthetized,
- extended,
- dull,
- Discommoded,
- classified,
- choke,
- inconvenienced,
- extinguished,
- fumed,
- Gagged,
- Dampened,
- overwhelmed,
- controlled,
- restricted,
- quench,
- bated,
- out,
- pickled,
- beat out,
- cabalistic,
- squashed,
- besieged,
- closed,
- Environed,
- anaesthetised,
- Incommoded,
- suffocate.
How to use "Smothered" in context?
When used as a noun, smothered usually means restrained or covered up, as in "She was smothered with a pillow." This particular definition is from the Merriam-Webster dictionary. Smothered can also mean suffocated. A different meaning comes from the phrase "smothering laughter." In this usage, smothering means preventing from rising to the surface, as in "The coughing only served to smother the laughter.
Paraphrases for Smothered:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Verb, past participle
Suffocated.
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Verb, past participle
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Forward Entailment
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Verb, past participle
stifled.
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Verb, past participle
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Independent
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Verb, past participle
asphyxiated, buried, muffled, strangled, suppressed, whitewashed, Killed, Nipped.
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Verb, past participle
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Other Related
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Verb, past participle
choked.
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Verb, past participle
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