Definition for Stifling:

• of Stifle

Synonyms for Stifling:

• adj.

  •airless (adjective)
  • confined,
  • unventilated,
  • suffocating,
  • unaired,
  • fetid,
  • breathless,
  • thick,
  • muggy,
  • stagnant.
  •all (adjective)
  • stifling,
  • sulfurous,
  • sulphurous.
  •close (adjective)
  • fusty,
  • sweltry,
  • stale-smelling,
  • choky.
  •heavy (adjective)
  • sodden.
  •humid (adjective)
  • mucky,
  • more irriguous,
  • most irriguous.
  •sultry (adjective)
  • REDHOT,
  • more smothering,
  • most smothering.
  •suppressive (adjective)
  • covering up.
  •sweltering (adjective)
  • most stewing,
  • more stewing.
  •torrid (adjective)
  • more parching,
  • most austral,
  • most parching,
  • more austral,
  • more scorched,
  • most scorched.
  •tropic (adjective)
  • very warm.

• n.

  •
  • boiling,
  • red hot,
  • scalding,
  • warm,
  • balmy,
  • scorching,
  • burning,
  • mild.
  •
  • cramped,
  • unnatural,
  • troubling,
  • unsettling,
  • strained,
  • claustrophobic,
  • uncomfortable,
  • strange,
  • tight.
  •crushing (noun)
  • crushing.
  •hot (noun)
  • hot.
  •quelling (noun)
  • quelling.
  •stifling (noun)
  • suppression.

• v.

  •de-motivating (verb)
  • depressing,
  • disheartening,
  • curbing,
  • Paralyzing,
  • Dissuading,
  • throttling,
  • Disinclining,
  • impeding,
  • daunting,
  • de-motivating,
  • Deterring,
  • dampening,
  • frustrating,
  • hindering,
  • Hampering,
  • discouraging.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • extinction.

Paraphrases for Stifling:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    suffocating.
  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Suppressing.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    strangling, Restraining, stopping, restricting, discouraging, impeding, Curtailing, Disrupting, repressing, constraining, Deterring, detering, Obstructing, Dissuading, criminalizing, penalizing, Stemming, extinguishing, undermining, limiting, Abolishing, hindering, Counteracting, inhibiting, Oppressing, Deleting, negating, straining, Impairing, Hampering, Reining, Silencing, affecting, Prosecuting, Removing, halting, quelling, Containing, punishing, hurting, arresting, curbing, redressing, blocking, sanctioning, Denying, countering, killing, slowing, crushing, Harming, grinding, Checking, Drowning, damaging, controlling, growing.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    suffocating, smothering, nipping, choking.

Antonyms for Stifling:

• adj.

  • airless
    dry, unfriendly, loose, slight.
  • Other antonyms:
    bracing, brisk, invigorating, ventilated, restorative, airy, refreshing, reviving, refreshed, sweet.

Stifling Sentence Examples:

• " I have done with you," said Madame Dalibard, stifling a groan, as now, placed in her bed, she turned to the wall.

• " The air is close and stifling," he said, as he recovered himself.

Homophones for Stifling:

• sheet piling, suitableness, stableness, stabling.