Definition for Smothering:

• See Asphyxia.

Synonyms for Smothering:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • suffocating,
  • smothering,
  • suffocative.
  •sultry (adjective)
  • most smothering,
  • sweltry,
  • more suffocating,
  • REDHOT,
  • most suffocating,
  • red hot,
  • sweltriest,
  • more smothering,
  • sweltrier.
  •tight (adjective)
  • proofer,
  • stopped up,
  • Slammed,
  • Padlocked,
  • hermetically sealed,
  • watertight,
  • skintight.

• n.

  •breathless (noun)
  • breathless.
  •choking (noun)
  • choking.
  •dyspneal (noun)
  • dyspneal.
  •dyspneic (noun)
  • dyspneic.
  •dyspnoeal (noun)
  • dyspnoeal.
  •dyspnoeic (noun)
  • dyspnoeic.
  •repression (noun)
  • smotherings,
  • quellings.
  •stopping (noun)
  • repression.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • sultry,
  • tight.

Paraphrases for Smothering:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    suffocating.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    quelling, killing.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    suffocation.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    strangling, stifling.

Antonyms for Smothering:

• adj.

  • Other antonyms:
    eupneic, breathing, eupnoeic.

Smothering Sentence Examples:

• People like Nikolashka are not equal to smothering with a pillow, they set to work with an axe or a mallet.

• The smothering rush of slipping gravel, the crash of shattered props as the little shaft closed up, and the unexpected fall of half - charred trees had a place in it, as well as the monotony of toil, and the girl listened gravely.

Homophones for Smothering:

• squandering, saint irenaeus, sanitariness, smattering, smithereens, signet ring, semitrance.