Stifled synonyms
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Part of speech:
held in check with difficulty
held in check with difficulty
held in check with difficulty
(Psychology) To exclude something such as painful or disturbing memories automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.
To repress; stifle.
To suffocate
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To be unable to breathe freely; choke; stifle; smother
To deaden, restrain, or depress:
To hinder the activity or free movement of.
Stultify is defined as to make someone or something seem useless or foolish.
To check (a blow, stroke, or thrust); parry; counter
To silence is to cause someone to stop speaking, or to cause noise to stop.
To control or keep in check.
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Interrupt is defined as to stop or cause something to stop for a period of time.
To hold back or keep from some action, feeling, etc.; check or repress
(Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)
Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.
To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.
To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :
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To examine and expurgate.
To ban is defined as to stop people from doing something.
To turn off the sound of.
To lessen the vigor, intensity, or liveliness of; dull
To choke; strangle
To inhibit or suppress:
Quench is defined as to satisfy or to extinguish.
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stimulated (antonym)
To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
encouraged (antonym)
To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help
helped (antonym)
To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:
shown (related)
To bestow; to confer.
increased (related)
Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.
Find another word for stifled. In this page you can discover 34 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stifled, like: smothered, strangled, suppressed, repressed, muffled, choked, asphyxiated, suffocated, dampened, trammelled and stultified.