stifled Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb conceal or hide
muffle; strangle; stifle; smother; repress.
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
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verb smother or suppress
stifle; dampen.
- Stifle your curiosity
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verb impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate; choke.
- The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
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verb be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
stifle; suffocate; asphyxiate.
- The child suffocated under the pillow
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adjective satellite held in check with difficulty
suppressed; strangled; smothered.
- a smothered cough
- a stifled yawn
- a strangled scream
- suppressed laughter
WordNet
Sti"fled adjective
Definitions
Stifling. The close and stifled study. Hawthorne.