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.
  •oppressive (adjective)
  • over-powering,
  • over powering.
  •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.

• v.

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

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • extinction.
  •Other relevant words:
  • 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.

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.

Homophones for Stifling:

• sheet piling, suitableness, stableness, stabling.