What is another word for stifle?
Pronunciation:
[ stˈa͡ɪfə͡l], [ stˈaɪfəl], [ s_t_ˈaɪ_f_əl]
Synonyms for Stifle:
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n.
• animal • stifle -
v.
• black out- crosses out ,
- delete;ed cover ,
- delete;ing cover ,
- delete;s cover ,
- goes out like a light ,
- goes out like light ,
- going out like a light ,
- going out like light ,
- made dark ,
- makes dark ,
- making dark ,
- went out like a light ,
- went out like light ,
- zonk out ,
- zonked out ,
- zonking out ,
- zonks out .
- over power ,
- over powered ,
- over powering ,
- over powers ,
- over-power ,
- over-powered ,
- over-powering ,
- over-powers .
- concusses ,
- cooled off ,
- cools off ,
- dis allow ,
- dis allowed ,
- dis allowing ,
- dis allows ,
- dis-allow ,
- dis-allowed ,
- dis-allowing ,
- dis-allows ,
- hog tie ,
- holding down ,
- holds down ,
- holds in ,
- in tern ,
- in terns ,
- in-tern ,
- in-terns ,
- keeping lid on ,
- keeps lid on ,
- kept lid on ,
- puts half nelson on ,
- putting half nelson on ,
- with held ,
- with hold ,
- with holding ,
- with holds ,
- with-held ,
- with-hold ,
- with-holds .
- re strain ,
- re strained ,
- re straining ,
- re strains ,
- re strict ,
- re-strain ,
- re-strained ,
- re-straining ,
- re-strains ,
- re-strict ,
- simmered down ,
- simmering down ,
- simmers down .
- bring standstill ,
- bringing standstill ,
- bringing to standstill ,
- brings standstill ,
- brings to standstill ,
- brought standstill ,
- brought to standstill ,
- de stroy ,
- de stroyed ,
- de stroying ,
- de stroys ,
- de-stroy ,
- de-stroyed ,
- de-stroying ,
- de-stroys ,
- dis armed ,
- dis arming ,
- dis arms ,
- dis limb ,
- dis limbed ,
- dis limbing ,
- dis limbs ,
- dis member ,
- dis membered ,
- dis members ,
- dis-armed ,
- dis-arming ,
- dis-arms ,
- dis-limb ,
- dis-limbed ,
- dis-limbing ,
- dis-limbs ,
- dis-member ,
- dis-membered ,
- dis-members ,
- dislimbing ,
- dislimbs ,
- in capacitate ,
- in capacitated ,
- in capacitates ,
- in capacitating ,
- in-capacitate ,
- in-capacitated ,
- in-capacitates ,
- in-capacitating ,
- put out action ,
- puts out action ,
- puts out of action ,
- putting out action ,
- putting out of action ,
- sidelining ,
- un strengthen ,
- un strengthened ,
- un strengthening ,
- un strengthens ,
- un-strengthen ,
- un-strengthened ,
- un-strengthening ,
- un-strengthens ,
- under mined ,
- under mining ,
- under-mined ,
- under-mining ,
- unstrengthening ,
- unstrengthens .
- de press ,
- de pressed ,
- de presses ,
- de pressing ,
- de-press ,
- de-pressed ,
- de-presses ,
- de-pressing ,
- dis courage ,
- dis courages ,
- dis may ,
- dis mayed ,
- dis maying ,
- dis mays ,
- dis-courage ,
- dis-courages ,
- dis-may ,
- dis-mayed ,
- dis-maying ,
- dis-mays .
- curb ,
- daunt ,
- de-motivate ,
- depress ,
- deter ,
- discourage ,
- dishearten ,
- disincline ,
- dissuade ,
- frustrate ,
- hamper ,
- hinder ,
- impede ,
- paralyze .
- Etherized ,
- Etherizing ,
- KOD ,
- be numb ,
- be numbed ,
- be numbing ,
- be numbs ,
- be-numb ,
- be-numbed ,
- be-numbing ,
- be-numbs ,
- de aden ,
- de adens ,
- de sensitize ,
- de sensitized ,
- de sensitizes ,
- de sensitizing ,
- de vitalize ,
- de vitalized ,
- de vitalizes ,
- de vitalizing ,
- de-aden ,
- de-adens ,
- de-sensitize ,
- de-sensitized ,
- de-sensitizes ,
- de-sensitizing ,
- de-vitalize ,
- de-vitalized ,
- de-vitalizes ,
- de-vitalizing ,
- etherizes ,
- ko'd ,
- ko'ing ,
- koing ,
- lays out ,
- put out order ,
- put sleep ,
- puts out of order ,
- puts out order ,
- puts sleep ,
- putting out of order ,
- putting out order ,
- putting sleep ,
- re duce ,
- re duces ,
- re-duce ,
- re-duces ,
- un nerve ,
- un nerved ,
- un nerves ,
- un nerving ,
- un-nerve ,
- un-nerves ,
- un-nerving .
- de brief ,
- de briefed ,
- de briefing ,
- de briefs ,
- de-brief ,
- de-briefed ,
- de-briefing ,
- de-briefs ,
- dummies up ,
- dummying up ,
- held one tongue ,
- held one's tongue ,
- held ones tongue ,
- held tongue ,
- hold one tongue ,
- hold ones tongue ,
- holding one tongue ,
- holding one's tongue ,
- holding ones tongue ,
- holding tongue ,
- holds one tongue ,
- holds one's tongue ,
- holds ones tongue ,
- holds tongue ,
- puts lid on ,
- puts the lid on ,
- putting lid on ,
- putting the lid on ,
- said nothing ,
- sat on ,
- sate on ,
- says nothing ,
- sits on ,
- softpedal .
- de luge ,
- de luged ,
- de luges ,
- de luging ,
- de-luge ,
- de-luged ,
- de-luges ,
- de-luging ,
- in undated ,
- in-undated ,
- knocking over ,
- knocks over ,
- over come ,
- over comes ,
- over coming ,
- over flow ,
- over flowed ,
- over flowing ,
- over flown ,
- over flows ,
- over whelm ,
- over whelmed ,
- over whelming ,
- over whelms ,
- over-comes ,
- over-coming ,
- over-flow ,
- over-flowed ,
- over-flowing ,
- over-flown ,
- over-flows ,
- over-whelm ,
- over-whelmed ,
- over-whelming ,
- over-whelms .
- corks up ,
- keeping the lid on ,
- keeps the lid on ,
- kept the lid on ,
- taped up ,
- tapes up ,
- taping up ,
- tongue tied ,
- tongue ties ,
- tongue tying ,
- tongue-ties ,
- tongue-tying ,
- tonguetie ,
- tonguetied ,
- tongueties ,
- tonguetying .
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- go in to hiding ,
- goes in to hiding ,
- goes into hiding ,
- goes underground ,
- going in to hiding ,
- going into hiding ,
- going underground ,
- keeping from ,
- keeping secret ,
- keeps from ,
- keeps secret ,
- kept from ,
- lied low ,
- lies low ,
- not give awayed ,
- not give awaying ,
- not give aways ,
- not telling ,
- not tells ,
- put out of way ,
- put out the way ,
- put out way ,
- puts out of the way ,
- puts out of way ,
- puts out the way ,
- puts out way ,
- putting out of the way ,
- putting out of way ,
- putting out the way ,
- putting out way ,
- re serve ,
- re served ,
- re serving ,
- re-serve ,
- re-served ,
- re-serves ,
- re-serving ,
- stowed away ,
- stowing away ,
- stows away ,
- takes cover ,
- took cover ,
- tucking away ,
- tucks away ,
- went in to hiding ,
- went into hiding ,
- went underground .
- counter act ,
- counter acted ,
- counter acting ,
- counter acts ,
- counter-act ,
- counter-acted ,
- counter-acting ,
- counter-acts ,
- de feat ,
- de feats ,
- de-feat ,
- de-feats ,
- nixed ,
- re canted ,
- re canting ,
- re fuse ,
- re fused ,
- re fuses ,
- re fusing ,
- re-canted ,
- re-canting ,
- re-fuse ,
- re-fused .
- de crease ,
- de creased ,
- de creases ,
- de creasing ,
- de-crease ,
- de-creased ,
- de-creases ,
- de-creasing ,
- sat down on ,
- sate down on ,
- sits down on ,
- sitting down on ,
- sub due ,
- sub dues ,
- sub-due ,
- sub-dues .
- clamped down on ,
- clamping down on ,
- clamps down on ,
- cracked down on ,
- cracks down on ,
- dries up ,
- pre vent ,
- pre venting ,
- pre vents ,
- pre-vent ,
- pre-vented ,
- pre-venting ,
- pre-vents .
- bring to screeching halt ,
- check ,
- choke back ,
- clamp down ,
- cork ,
- crack down ,
- hold it down ,
- shut up ,
- spike ,
- stop ,
- torpedo ,
- trammel .
- dis mantle ,
- dis mantled ,
- dis mantles ,
- dis mantling ,
- dis-mantle ,
- dis-mantled ,
- dis-mantles ,
- dis-mantling .
- gridlocking ,
- jammed up ,
- jamming up ,
- jams up ,
- keep check ,
- keeping check ,
- keeping under wraps ,
- keeps check ,
- keeps in ,
- keeps in check ,
- keeps under wraps ,
- kept check ,
- kept in check ,
- kept under wraps ,
- quelched ,
- quelches ,
- quelching ,
- re press ,
- re pressed ,
- re presses ,
- re pressing ,
- re-press ,
- re-pressed ,
- re-presses ,
- re-pressing ,
- threw cold water on ,
- throwing cold water on ,
- throws cold water on .
- chokes off ,
- clams up ,
- cooled it ,
- cooling it ,
- cools it ,
- decreased the volume ,
- decreased volume ,
- decreases the volume ,
- decreases volume ,
- decreasing the volume ,
- decreasing volume ,
- hush hush ,
- hush hushed ,
- hush hushes ,
- hush hushing ,
- hush mouth ,
- hush one mouth ,
- hush ones mouth ,
- hush-hushed ,
- hush-hushes ,
- hush-hushing ,
- hushed mouth ,
- hushed one mouth ,
- hushed one's mouth ,
- hushed ones mouth ,
- hushes mouth ,
- hushes one mouth ,
- hushes one's mouth ,
- hushes ones mouth ,
- hushhush ,
- hushhushed ,
- hushhushes ,
- hushhushing ,
- hushing mouth ,
- hushing one mouth ,
- hushing one's mouth ,
- hushing ones mouth ,
- keeping down ,
- keeping it down ,
- keeps down ,
- keeps it down ,
- kept it down ,
- over awe ,
- over awed ,
- over awes ,
- over awing ,
- over-awe ,
- over-awed ,
- over-awes ,
- over-awing ,
- piped down ,
- pipes down ,
- piping down ,
- quieting down ,
- quiets down ,
- strikes dumb ,
- striking dumb ,
- strook dumb .
- de cay ,
- de cays ,
- de cline ,
- de clines ,
- de-cay ,
- de-cays ,
- de-cline ,
- de-clines ,
- go seed ,
- goes seed ,
- going seed ,
- going to seed ,
- lay fallow ,
- lied fallow ,
- lies fallow ,
- lying fallow ,
- not moves ,
- stands still ,
- stood still ,
- went seed ,
- went to seed .
- beating down ,
- beats down ,
- bring naught ,
- bringing naught ,
- bringing to naught ,
- brings naught ,
- brings to naught ,
- brought naught ,
- brought to naught ,
- over throw ,
- over throwing ,
- over thrown ,
- over throws ,
- over-throw ,
- over-throwing ,
- over-thrown ,
- over-throws ,
- puts an end to ,
- puts end to ,
- puts kibosh on ,
- putting end to ,
- putting kibosh on .
Other synonyms:
- breath .
Other relevant words:
- Bottled ,
- Bottling ,
- Burkes ,
- Burking ,
- Chloroformed ,
- Chloroforming ,
- Curtaining ,
- DAMPS ,
- Damped ,
- Damping ,
- Dislimb ,
- Dulling ,
- Garroted ,
- Garroting ,
- Gassed ,
- Gibbeted ,
- Gibbeting ,
- Lamed ,
- Lames ,
- Laming ,
- Noosed ,
- Noosing ,
- OUTS ,
- Palsies ,
- Palsying ,
- Shotguns ,
- Shrouded ,
- Stoppering ,
- Strangulated ,
- Suppressing ,
- Unstrengthened ,
- Whelmed ,
- Whelming ,
- anesthetize ,
- anesthetized ,
- anesthetizes ,
- anesthetizing ,
- asphyxiate ,
- beat down ,
- black out ,
- blot out ,
- blotted out ,
- blotting out ,
- blow out ,
- blowing out ,
- bring to naught ,
- bring to standstill ,
- burke ,
- burked ,
- choke ,
- clamp down on ,
- concuss ,
- concussed ,
- concussing ,
- constrain ,
- contain ,
- cool off ,
- cooling off ,
- corked ,
- corking ,
- crack down on ,
- cracking down on ,
- cripple ,
- curtained ,
- cushion ,
- dampen ,
- deaden ,
- dislimbed ,
- dried up ,
- drown ,
- dry up ,
- drying up ,
- dulls ,
- dummied up ,
- dummy up ,
- engulf ,
- ensconce ,
- etherize ,
- exhaust ,
- extinguish ,
- gag ,
- garrote ,
- garrotes ,
- gassing ,
- gibbet ,
- gibbets ,
- go into hiding ,
- go underground ,
- gridlock ,
- gridlocked ,
- held down ,
- held in ,
- hem in ,
- hide ,
- hogtie ,
- hold down ,
- hold in ,
- hold one's tongue ,
- hold tongue ,
- holding in ,
- hole up ,
- hush ,
- hush up ,
- iced ,
- inhibits ,
- interned ,
- interning ,
- jam up ,
- keep from ,
- keep in ,
- keep in check ,
- keep lid on ,
- keep secret ,
- keep under wraps ,
- keeping in ,
- keeping in check ,
- kept in ,
- kept secret ,
- knock down ,
- knock over ,
- knocked down ,
- knocked over ,
- knocking down ,
- knocks down ,
- kos ,
- lame ,
- lay low ,
- lie low ,
- lock up ,
- locked up ,
- locking up ,
- lying low ,
- muffle ,
- muzzle ,
- necessitate ,
- not give away ,
- not tell ,
- not told ,
- occlude ,
- outed ,
- palsy ,
- pressurize ,
- pressurized ,
- pressurizes ,
- pressurizing ,
- put an end to ,
- put end to ,
- put half nelson on ,
- put kibosh on ,
- put lid on ,
- put out of action ,
- put out of order ,
- put out of the way ,
- put the lid on ,
- put to sleep ,
- puts to sleep ,
- putting to sleep ,
- queered ,
- queering ,
- queers ,
- quelch ,
- quell ,
- quench ,
- repress ,
- say nothing ,
- saying nothing ,
- shotgun ,
- shotgunned ,
- shotgunning ,
- shrouding ,
- sideline ,
- sidelined ,
- silence ,
- sit down on ,
- sit on ,
- sitting on ,
- smother ,
- snuff ,
- soft pedal ,
- squelch ,
- stagnate ,
- stoppered ,
- stow away ,
- strangulate ,
- strangulates ,
- strangulating ,
- stultify ,
- stunting ,
- suffocate ,
- suppress ,
- take cover ,
- taking cover ,
- throttle ,
- throw cold water on ,
- tire ,
- tuck away ,
- tucked away ,
- unstrengthen ,
- whelm ,
- whelms ,
- withhold ,
- withholds .
- Quashed ,
- Squashing ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- cross out ,
- crossed out ,
- crossing out ,
- delete; cover ,
- go out like a light ,
- go out like light ,
- holds back ,
- make dark ,
- obfuscate ,
- quash ,
- rub out .
- Clammed ,
- Clamming ,
- Overawing ,
- choke off ,
- choked off ,
- choking off ,
- clam up ,
- clammed up ,
- clamming up ,
- close up ,
- closed up ,
- closes up ,
- closing up ,
- cool it ,
- debrief ,
- decrease the volume ,
- decrease volume ,
- dumbed ,
- dumbing ,
- dumbs ,
- hush one's mouth ,
- keep down ,
- keep it down ,
- kept down ,
- overawe ,
- overawed ,
- overawes ,
- pipe down ,
- quiet down ,
- quieted down ,
- shush ,
- strike dumb ,
- struck dumb .
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How to use "Stifle" in context?
There is a saying "misery loves company." However, that does not mean that people who are in pain or suffering are drawn to each other. In fact, many people find comfort in company, knowing that they are not alone. This is especially true for people who feel like they can't breathe.
If you are feeling like you cannot escape from your pain, it is important to know that you are not alone. Many people feel like they cannot breathe, and they feel like life is a Stranglehold.
Paraphrases for Stifle:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Equivalence
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Verb, base form
suppress.
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Verb, base form
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Independent
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Verb, base form
block, constrain, contain, counteract, criminalize, cripple, crush, curb, curtail, dampen, derail, deter, discourage, disrupt, douse, frustrate, halt, hamper, hinder, impair, impede, inhibit, jeopardize, obstruct, oppress, penalize, prevent, punish, quell, rein, repress, restrain, restrict, silence, squeeze, stall, stem, stop, strangle, stunt, stymie, thwart, undermine, kill.
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Verb, base form
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Other Related
Holonyms for Stifle:
n.
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animal
hind leg.
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animal
Hyponym for Stifle:
n.
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animal
articulatio, joint, articulation.
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animal
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