Synonyms for stifling

Noun

1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling, prevention, bar

usage: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

Verb

1. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

usage: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

2. stifle, dampen, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb

usage: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"

3. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke, obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up

usage: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass

usage: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"

Adjective

1. sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous, hot (vs. cold)

usage: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"