What is another word for stifling?
Pronunciation:
[ stˈa͡ɪflɪŋ], [ stˈaɪflɪŋ], [ s_t_ˈaɪ_f_l_ɪ_ŋ]
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Similar words for stifling:
- airless (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- close (adjective)
- heavy (adjective)
- humid (adjective)
- oppressive (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- sultry (adjective)
- suppressive (adjective)
- sweltering (adjective)
- torrid (adjective)
- tropic (adjective)
- crushing (noun)
- hot (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- de-motivating (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Stifling:
adj.
• airless (adjective) • all (adjective) • close (adjective) • heavy (adjective) • humid (adjective) • oppressive (adjective) • Other relevant words: (adjective)- humid,
- Irriguous,
- sweltering,
- airless,
- sweat box,
- austral,
- stuffy,
- tropic,
- suppressive,
- heavy,
- tropical,
- sultry,
- close,
- torrid,
- oppressive.
n.
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•
- cramped,
- unnatural,
- troubling,
- unsettling,
- strained,
- claustrophobic,
- uncomfortable,
- strange,
- tight.
- hot.
v.
• de-motivating (verb)Other synonyms:
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- extinction.
- censoring,
- foetid,
- crack down,
- constrain,
- cut back,
- hold back,
- Muting,
- contrary,
- contain,
- forbid,
- quelling,
- dismal,
- bitter,
- arid,
- overpowering,
- Checking,
- cumber,
- put-down,
- retrenchment,
- Damping,
- monotonous,
- troublesome,
- extinguishing,
- forbiddance,
- hiding,
- cutback,
- virulent,
- boring,
- kneeing,
- Silencing,
- interdiction,
- blistery,
- Terminating,
- suffocate,
- parched,
- repressing,
- acid,
- cut-off,
- hinder,
- controlling,
- sensual,
- smothering,
- veil,
- dying,
- censorship,
- fasten,
- cooking,
- keep down,
- restrictive,
- stale,
- confining,
- broiling,
- repression,
- control,
- obstruction,
- tedious,
- Oppressing,
- acerb,
- roasting,
- frustration,
- pall,
- surrounding,
- windless,
- Obstructing,
- coerce,
- counterproductive,
- annihilation,
- curtailment,
- repress,
- blackout,
- clammy,
- acerbic,
- deter,
- encumber,
- contraction,
- preclusion,
- deadening,
- Dulling,
- iron curtain,
- frowzy,
- ban,
- downsizing,
- moistening,
- purge,
- cessation,
- strangulation,
- washing,
- Suppressing,
- unendurable,
- occlusive,
- crosswise,
- Precluding,
- choking,
- hindrance,
- musty,
- suppress,
- leaden,
- burning hot,
- hush up,
- clamp down,
- abridgment,
- dousing,
- curtail,
- inhibit,
- subjugate,
- restraint,
- Muffling,
- ending,
- blocking,
- obstructive,
- wraps,
- ponderous,
- frowsty,
- discontinuation,
- Squashing,
- annulment,
- abolition,
- quell,
- prohibition,
- canicular,
- Preventing,
- prosaic,
- end,
- steamy,
- restrain,
- stodgy,
- blistering,
- termination,
- caustic,
- blazing,
- quenching,
- mouldy,
- cutting off,
- asphyxiation,
- confine,
- steaming,
- repressive,
- fiery,
- staid,
- impede,
- quash,
- fuggy,
- unbearable,
- softening,
- halt,
- smashing,
- curtain,
- stop,
- moist,
- concealing,
- surcease,
- chasten,
- reeking,
- wilting,
- Interruptive,
- Stultifying,
- mildewy,
- unvented,
- Containing,
- Drowning,
- overwhelming,
- suppression,
- liquidation,
- hold,
- Frouzy,
- cracking down on,
- dull,
- Discontinuing,
- venomous,
- killing,
- Interdicting,
- Obstruent,
- damp,
- Subduing,
- garrote,
- Hushing,
- vitriolic,
- inhibition,
- abridgement,
- interdict,
- check,
- snuff out,
- asphyxiating,
- baking,
- uninteresting,
- Quashing,
- nullification,
- Interrupting,
- scorched,
- sizzling,
- wet,
- Breezeless,
- interference,
- weakening,
- suffocation,
- security,
- debar,
- stifle,
- stifled,
- Subdual,
- melting,
- withholding,
- Gagging,
- halting,
- Smothery,
- inhibiting,
- bound,
- strangling,
- Squelching,
- choke,
- Prohibiting,
- subdue,
- forbidding,
- Restraining,
- Ceasing,
- beset,
- negation,
- gloomy,
- concealment,
- elimination,
- estival,
- Parching,
- sticky,
- inhibitive,
- frowsy,
- bleak,
- smudgy,
- in the way,
- quench,
- stopping,
- putting down,
- Quieting,
- conquering,
- moderating,
- dry-as-dust,
- extermination,
- acrid,
- Extinguishment,
- detain,
- constrictive,
- sunny,
- beat out,
- bamboo curtain,
- contract.
How to use "Stifling" in context?
Some people believe that stifling can be a good thing. They say that it can help people to stay safe and protect them from harm. They believe that it can keep people from making mistakes, and that it can help them to be successful. Some people also believe that stifling can be a positive way of behavior. Some people say that it can help people to be more organized and to stay on track.
Paraphrases for Stifling:
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Equivalence
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Adjective
suffocating.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Suppressing.
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Adjective
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Independent
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Verb, gerund or present participle
affecting, arresting, blocking, constraining, controlling, crushing, damaging, discouraging, extinguishing, grinding, growing, halting, hindering, hurting, impeding, inhibiting, limiting, punishing, quelling, repressing, restricting, sanctioning, slowing, stopping, straining, strangling, Abolishing, Checking, Deleting, Denying, Deterring, Disrupting, Dissuading, Drowning, Hampering, Harming, Impairing, Obstructing, Oppressing, Reining, Removing, Restraining, Silencing, curbing, Containing, Counteracting, Curtailing, Prosecuting, Stemming, penalizing, negating, undermining, countering, redressing, criminalizing, killing, detering.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
choking, nipping, smothering, suffocating.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Homophones for Stifling:
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