stifled Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb conceal or hide
   muffle; strangle; stifle; smother; repress.
   
   • smother a yawn
   • muffle one's anger
   • strangle a yawn
2. verb smother or suppress
   stifle; dampen.
   
   • Stifle your curiosity
3. verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate; choke.
   
   • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
4. verb be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
   stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate.
   
   • The child suffocated under the pillow
5. adjective satellite held in check with difficulty
   suppressed; strangled; smothered.
   
   • a smothered cough
   • a stifled yawn
   • a strangled scream
   • suppressed laughter

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