stifling en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/
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Meanings
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That stifles.
Who would go back to the stifling, wicked cities of civilized man when the mighty reaches of the great jungle offered peace and liberty? Not he.
1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 119:The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.
The oppression of the cabin was stifling, and Evelyn had left her; she could not bear his absence, and she followed him.
1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, pages 365-366:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more stifling | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most stifling | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
stiflingly · unstifling · stiflingness
Translations (20)
pdt enj (that stifles) · hu fullasztó (that stifles) · bg задушлив (that stifles) · mi pongere (that stifles) · gl sufocante (that stifles) · es sofocante (that stifles) · sv kvävande (that stifles) · de stickig (that stifles) · az boğanaq (that stifles) · pt sufocante (that stifles) · fr étouffant (that stifles) · de erdrückend (that stifles) · mi pōngerengere (that stifles) · it soffocante (that stifles) · ota خانق (that stifles) · ru уду́шливый (that stifles) · eo subpremanta (that stifles) · et lämbe (that stifles) · ota بوغان (that stifles) · gl abafante (that stifles)