Stifling synonyms

suppressing

To check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)

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quelling

The act by which something is quelled.

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strangling

To suppress, repress, or stifle:

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stuffy

Having the respiratory passages blocked:

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crushing

The action of the verb to crush.

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smothering

To suffocate.

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suffocating

To be unable to breathe freely; choke; stifle; smother

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airless

Without air or without fresh air

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close

Enclosed or enclosing; shut in

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sultry

Extremely hot; torrid:

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sulfurous

Of or containing sulfur, esp. tetravalent sulfur

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sulphurous

(Chiefly UK) Alternative spelling of sulfurous.

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open (related)

Articulated with the tongue in the lower of two possible positions

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repressing

(Psychology) To exclude something such as painful or disturbing memories automatically or unconsciously from the conscious mind.

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muffling

To repress; stifle.

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choking

To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up.

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asphyxiating

To suffocate

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dampening

To deaden, restrain, or depress:

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trammelling

To hinder the activity or free movement of.

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stultifying

Stultify is defined as to make someone or something seem useless or foolish.

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stopping

To check (a blow, stroke, or thrust); parry; counter

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silencing

To silence is to cause someone to stop speaking, or to cause noise to stop.

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restraining

To control or keep in check.

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interrupting

Interrupt is defined as to stop or cause something to stop for a period of time.

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inhibiting

To hold back or keep from some action, feeling, etc.; check or repress

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gagging

(Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

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curbing

To check, restrain or control.

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checking

Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.

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extinguishing

To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.

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hushing

To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :

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censoring

To examine and expurgate.

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banning

To ban is defined as to stop people from doing something.

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muting

To turn off the sound of.

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deadening

To lessen the vigor, intensity, or liveliness of; dull

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throttling

To choke; strangle

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squelching

To inhibit or suppress:

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quenching

Quench is defined as to satisfy or to extinguish.

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showing (related)

To bestow; to confer.

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increasing (related)

Increase is defined as to become bigger or greater.

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suppression

Suppression is the act of keeping something from happening.

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stimulating (antonym)

To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).

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encouraging (antonym)

To give support to; be favorable to; foster; help

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helping (antonym)

To refrain from; avoid or resist. Used with can or cannot:

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breath (related)

Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air

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persuading (antonym)

To successfully convince (someone) to agree to, accept, or do something, usually through reasoning and verbal influence. Compare sway.

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