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- Dictionarystifling/ˈstʌɪflɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating: "stifling heat"
- 2. making one feel constrained or oppressed: "the stifling formality of her family life"
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STIFLING definition: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2. preventing something from happening: 3. extremely hot and…. Learn more.
1. a. : to withhold from circulation or expression. stifled our anger. b. : to cut off (the voice, the breath, etc.) c. : deter, discourage. 2. a (1) : muffle. (2) : smother. b. : to kill by depriving of oxygen : suffocate. intransitive verb. : to be or become unable to breathe easily. stifling in the heat.
making you feel trapped and unable to do or say what you want. At 25, she found family life stifling. Check pronunciation: stifling. Definition of stifling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Stifling definition: suffocating; oppressively close. See examples of STIFLING used in a sentence.
(staɪflɪŋ ) 1. adjective. Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. Synonyms: suffocating, close, oppressive, airless More Synonyms of stifling. 2. adjective.
Stifling definition: suffocating; oppressively close. See examples of STIFLING used in a sentence.
sti·fling. (stī′flĭng) adj. 1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room. 2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan). sti′fling·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
