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sti·fling

(stī′flĭng)

adj.

1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room.

2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan).

sti′fling·ly adv.

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stifling

(ˈstaɪflɪŋ)

adj

oppressively hot or stuffy: a stifling atmosphere.

ˈstiflingly adv

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Noun	1.	stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" crushing, quelling, suppression prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" crackdown - severely repressive actions
Adj.	1.	stifling - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm" sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"

stifling

adjective

1. suffocating, close, oppressive, airless, sticky, muggy The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.

2. oppressive, severe, overwhelming, repressive, cruel, brutal, unjust, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic a stifling bureaucracy

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stifling

adjective

Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air:

airless, close, stuffy.

Translations

خَانِقخانِق

dusný

kvælendetrykkende

tukahduttava

zagušljiv

fojtogató

kæfandi

soffocante

むっとする

숨막히는 듯한

verstikkend

kvelende kvelende varmt

duszący

sufocante

душный

kvävande

ร้อนและอบ

boğucu

ngột ngạt

沉闷的闷热的令人窒息的

stifling

[ˈstaɪflɪŋ] ADJ (lit, fig) → agobiante
it's stifling in here → ¡hace un calor agobiante or sofocante aquí dentro!
the atmosphere in the company is stifling → en la compañía hay una atmósfera agobiante

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

stifling

[ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj

[heat] → étouffant(e)

[atmosphere, situation] → étouffant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

stifling

adj

fumes, smoke → erstickend; heat → drückend; it’s stifling in here → es ist ja zum Ersticken hier drin (inf)

(fig) → beengend; situation → erdrückend; atmosphere → stickig

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

stifling

[ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj (heat) → soffocante
it's stifling in here → qui non si respira

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

stifle

(ˈstaifl) verb

1. to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate. He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!

2. to extinguish or put out (flames).

3. to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).

ˈstifling adjective

very hot, stuffy etc. stifling heat; It's stifling in here.

stifling

→ خَانِق dusný kvælende stickig αποπνικτικός sofocante tukahduttava suffocant zagušljiv soffocante むっとする 숨막히는 듯한 verstikkend kvelende duszący sufocante душный kvävande ร้อนและอบ boğucu ngột ngạt 沉闷的

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