Stifling

/ˈstaɪflɪŋ/

Synonyms for "stifling" (132 found)

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Closest matches (27)

Noun(8 words)

suppression blockadingbureaucratic apparatuschoke confining constraint cramping crushing

abolition airless annihilation annulment asphyxiationbamboo curtainblackout breathless breezeless censorship choking close constrictive contrary counterproductive crosswise

Verb(2 words)

asphyxiating constipating

Adjective(1 words)

authoritarian framework

Strong matches (39)

curtain dousing dying elimination extermination extinction extinguishment garrote heavy hindering hindersome humid ill-ventilatedin the wayinhibiting inhibitive interrupting interruptiveiron curtainliquidation

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muggy negation nullification obstructing obstructive obstruent occlusive

Noun(8 words)

deadeningdeafening silenceextinguishing garrotting hinder immobilizing muzzling numbing

Adjective(3 words)

language-impeding muggier muggiest

Verb(1 words)

oppressing

Related words (66)

Noun(19 words)

oppression oppressive overheating quash quelling repressing repression repressive restriction restrictivesilence the chattersilencing smother smothering strangler suffocate suffocating suffocation suppress

oppressive overpowering pall purge quashing quenching repressive restrictive security smashing smothering smudgy squashing squelching sticky strangling strangulation stuffy subdual suffocating

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sultry suppression suppressive sweltering throttling torrid troublesome unbearable unendurable unvented unventilated veil windless wraps

Adjective(10 words)

oppressive regimerestrictive environmentstuffiest stultifying sulfurous sulphurous sultry sweltering sweltry weltering

Verb(3 words)

paralyzing stultify suppressing

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More general

16 entries

academic climateact asphyxiation atmosphereatmospheric conditionbar climate condition environmentenvironmental qualitylimitorganizational conditionprevention processqualitative descriptorrestrict

More specific

19 entries

administrative suppressionbureaucratic constraintcensorship choke crowding gagging heathumid airintellectual restraintsilencing smotherstifle creativitystifle debatestifle proteststifling bureaucracystifling conformity

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Collocations

7 entries

stifling atmospherestifling bureaucracystifling censorshipstifling climatestifling heatstifling humiditystifling silence

Inflections

5 entries

more stiflingmost stiflingstifled stifles stiflings

Derivations

3 entries

stifle stiflingly stiflingness

similar

1 entries

hot

Sample sentences

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A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?

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The heat is stifling to me.

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The air is stifling.

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In the stifling atmosphere, I can barely breath.

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