Stifled Synonyms and Antonyms

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suffocated
  2. choked
  3. smothered
  4. asphyxiated
  5. extinguished
Antonyms:
  1. encouraged
  2. persuaded
  3. helped
To keep from being published or transmitted
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. suppressed
  2. hushed
  3. censored
  4. banned
To decrease or dull the sound of
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. muted
  2. muffled
  3. deadened
  4. dampened
Held in check with difficulty
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. smothered
  2. strangled
  3. suppressed

Stifled Sentence Examples

  • She stifled a laugh, and he gave her a sidelong glance.

  • He bit, and she stifled a cry.

  • Jessi stifled a laugh.

  • The fire was then kindled, and his voice as it audibly prayed in the words of the "Kyrie Eleison" was soon stifled in the smoke.

  • The bustle and terror of the Rostovs' last days in Moscow stifled the gloomy thoughts that oppressed Sonya.

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