Why do you stifle me so by complaining?
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Stifle
//ˈstaɪfl̩//
Synonyms for "stifle" (271 found)
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keep backkeep downkeep underkeep within boundskilllaylenifylessenlightenlockmitigatemoderatemodulatemufflemutemuzzleobstructobtundoccludeout
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125 translations across 23 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- душа verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- заглушавам verb (to make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium)
- задушавам verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- задушавам verb (to cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling)
Czech
4 entries- dusit verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- dusit verb (to cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling)
- dusit verb (to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat)
- potlačit verb (to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat)
Danish
1 entries- kvæle verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Dutch
4 entries- onderdrukken verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- stikken verb (to die of suffocation)
- versmoren verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- verstikken verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Finnish
4 entries- polvi noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- takapolvi noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- tukahduttaa verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- tukahtua verb (to feel smothered)
French
4 entries- grasset noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- réprimer verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- suffoquer verb (to die of suffocation)
- étouffer verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Galician
4 entries- afogar verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- asfixiar verb (to cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling)
- asfixiarse verb (to die of suffocation)
- esganar verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
German
4 entries- erdrücken verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- ersticken verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- ersticken verb (to die of suffocation)
- unterdrücken verb (to prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat)
Hungarian
3 entries- elfojt verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- megfojt verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- megfullad verb (to die of suffocation)
Irish
1 entries- plúch verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Italian
4 entries- grassella noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- affogare verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- asfissiare verb (to die of suffocation)
- boccheggiare verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Japanese
4 entries- もみ消す verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- 噛み殺す verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- 抑える verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- 抑圧する verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Khmer
4 entries- ថប់ verb (to feel smothered)
- ថប់ដង្ហើមស្លាប់ verb (to die of suffocation)
- បន្ថប់ verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- រារាំង verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
Latin
1 entries- suffōcō verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Māori
4 entries- nanati verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- nati verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- tāmi verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- tāmoe verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
Occitan
3 entries- reprimir verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- sufocar verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- sufocar verb (to die of suffocation)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بوغمق verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Portuguese
4 entries- curvejão noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- jarrete noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- reprimir verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- sufocar verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Russian
4 entries- души́ть verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- задохну́ться verb (to die of suffocation)
- задохну́ться verb (to feel smothered)
- задуши́ть verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Slovak
2 entries- dusiť verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- udusiť verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Spanish
4 entries- babilla noun (joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses)
- afogar verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- asfixiarse verb (to die of suffocation)
- reprimir verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
Swedish
4 entries- dämpa verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
- kväva verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- kvävas verb (to die of suffocation)
- stävja verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
Turkish
4 entries- bastırmak verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- boğulmak verb (to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; smother, suffocate)
- boğulmak verb (to die of suffocation)
- tutmak verb (to keep in, hold back, or repress (something))
Sample sentences
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She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.
Source: tatoeba (693407)
I had to stifle my anger in front of him.
Source: tatoeba (2121074)
High taxes stifle economic growth.
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