A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?
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Stifling
//ˈstaɪflɪŋ//
Synonyms for "stifling" (87 found)
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Related words (43)
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19 translations across 15 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- boğanaq adj (that stifles)
Bulgarian
1 entries- задушлив adj (that stifles)
Esperanto
1 entries- subpremanta adj (that stifles)
French
1 entries- étouffant adj (that stifles)
Galician
2 entries- abafante adj (that stifles)
- sufocante adj (that stifles)
German
2 entries- erdrückend adj (that stifles)
- stickig adj (that stifles)
Hungarian
1 entries- fullasztó adj (that stifles)
Italian
1 entries- soffocante adj (that stifles)
Māori
2 entries- pongere adj (that stifles)
- pōngerengere adj (that stifles)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- بوغان adj (that stifles)
- خانق adj (that stifles)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- enj adj (that stifles)
Portuguese
1 entries- sufocante adj (that stifles)
Russian
1 entries- уду́шливый adj (that stifles)
Spanish
1 entries- sofocante adj (that stifles)
Swedish
1 entries- kvävande adj (that stifles)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
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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