Words and phrases that have a meaning related to stifling: (144 results)
Often used in the same context:
suffocating, smothering, squelching, stymie, stultifying, limiting, throttling, hindering, stunting, swarming, constricting, upend, suppressing, inhibiting, dominating, silencing, muzzling, hampering, retarding, restricting, sweltering, snuffing, strangling, clamped, impeding, stalling, asphyxiating, punishing, blistering, scorching, deadening, choking, blunted, constraining, crippling, slow, hamstringing, frustrate, undoing, thwarting, flustering, wilted, sapping, squashing, spurring, laissez faire, shackling, unintimidated, vaunted, sizzling, regimenting, derailing, ruining, damp, spirited, squeezing, plodding, sputtering, withering, harrying, undermining, discouraging, spoiling, depriving, dampening, typified, crushing, forcing, subdues, paralyzing, outscore, confining, blitzing, disrupting, trapping, succumbing, fostering, whipping, steamroll, enervating, monopolizing, stirring, overwhelm, dooms, loosen, strangulating, overprotect, undermanned, unhampered, dictating, gutting, hounding, fettering, blocking, circumventing, shutting, stoking, overpassing, thrived, quieting, fueling, stiffened, strangulation, dishonesty, curtailment, destruction, neglect, starvation, weakening, blunting, cheating, confounding, disability, discouragement, disintegration, dissatisfaction, exhaustion, insolvency, lessening, loss, marginalization, muggy, steamy, chilling, oppressive, chill, restful, brooding, chilly, cloying, stuffy, dank, gloomy, humid, pleasant, sultry
Appears in the definition of:
smother
More general:
bar, prevention
Synonyms:
Also try:hot, quelling, sulfurous, sulphurous, suppression
— Nouns for stifling: smoke, night, influence, day, cloud, feeling, afternoon, cabin, sense, heat, air, more...
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