suffocatingadj.

Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsuffocating.

a. That causes suffocation; stifling.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation

forstived13..

choked1499

stiflinga1560

smouldery1590

stiving1598

suffocative1605

suffocatinga1616

strangulating1822

gulpy1860

smothering1864

gulping1865

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 394 If there be Cords, or Kniues, Poyson, or Fire, or suffocating streames, Ile not indure it.

1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 416 The hot winds blowing..with such a suffocating heat.

1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. §16. 39 These hot winds are not deadly at Aleppo... They are very incommoding and suffocating in Barbary and Egypt too.

1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 172 The dense and suffocating odour of muriatic acid.

1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xiii. 7 Would the Snake Relax his suffocating grasp.

1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned IV. xvii. 276 Throwing, as it were, in that exclamation, a whole weight of suffocating emotion from his chest.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 133 The dead suffocating warmth of the interior of an oven.

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 391 The hills were waterless, the weather suffocating.

figurative.1875 A. Helps Social Pressure viii. 101 I hope he told you of the suffocating interest I take in your present subject.

†b. suffocating damp = choke-damp n. So suffocating shaft. Obsolete.

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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools

dampa1592

stanch1693

suffocating damp1695

stythe1708

surfeit1708

choke-damp1766

afterdamp1813

white damp1817

marsh gas1848

stanch-air1883

the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp

stanch1693

suffocating damp1695

stythe1708

surfeit1708

black damp1736

choke-damp1766

afterdamp1813

white damp1817

stanch-air1883

1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 206 One is called the Suffocating, the other the Fulminating Damp.

1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 201 If faggots on fire..be thrown into a suffocating Shaft, it will rarify the bad air.

2. Accompanied by suffocation.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation > accompanied by

suffocating1748

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 184 That uneasy and suffocating sensation.

1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 222 Convulsive suffocating cough.

1838 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Corr. (1887) iv. 26 She gev a suffycating shreek.

1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 6/2 A hoarse, suffocating sound.

3. That undergoes suffocation. rare.

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the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from suffocation or choking

suffocatea1464

throttling1566

suffocated1737

asphyxiated1835

suffocating1869

1869 Daily News 2 July The mute agonies of the suffocating lobster before he is boiled alive in a pot.

4. as adv. = suffocatingly adv. at Derivatives. rare.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adverb] > suffocating

suffocating1737

suffocatingly1822

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation

chokinglya1656

suffocating1737

suffocatingly1822

stiflingly1839

1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iii. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 833 It was suffocating hot.

Derivatives

ˈsuffocatingly adv. so as to cause suffocation.

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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adverb] > suffocating

suffocating1737

suffocatingly1822

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation

chokinglya1656

suffocating1737

suffocatingly1822

stiflingly1839

1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 434 I never felt more suffocatingly hot.

1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. iv. 164 The..suffocatingly close Hall.

1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate vi Her heart suddenly waking from its torpor to beat wildly, suffocatingly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	suffocating
释义	suffocatingadj. Etymology: -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsuffocating. 1. a. That causes suffocation; stifling. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation forstived13.. choked1499 stiflinga1560 smouldery1590 stiving1598 suffocative1605 suffocatinga1616 strangulating1822 gulpy1860 smothering1864 gulping1865 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) iii. iii. 394 If there be Cords, or Kniues, Poyson, or Fire, or suffocating streames, Ile not indure it. 1667 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 2 416 The hot winds blowing..with such a suffocating heat. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. i. §16. 39 These hot winds are not deadly at Aleppo... They are very incommoding and suffocating in Barbary and Egypt too. 1807 T. Thomson Syst. Chem. (ed. 3) II. 172 The dense and suffocating odour of muriatic acid. 1817 P. B. Shelley Laon & Cythna i. xiii. 7 Would the Snake Relax his suffocating grasp. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned IV. xvii. 276 Throwing, as it were, in that exclamation, a whole weight of suffocating emotion from his chest. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 133 The dead suffocating warmth of the interior of an oven. 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar xxii. 391 The hills were waterless, the weather suffocating. figurative.1875 A. Helps Social Pressure viii. 101 I hope he told you of the suffocating interest I take in your present subject. †b. suffocating damp = choke-damp n. So suffocating shaft. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > poison > [noun] > poisonous exhalation > in mines or stagnant pools dampa1592 stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 marsh gas1848 stanch-air1883 the world > matter > gas > [noun] > fumes or vapour > noxious vapour or gas > in mines > choke-damp stanch1693 suffocating damp1695 stythe1708 surfeit1708 black damp1736 choke-damp1766 afterdamp1813 white damp1817 stanch-air1883 1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 206 One is called the Suffocating, the other the Fulminating Damp. 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis 201 If faggots on fire..be thrown into a suffocating Shaft, it will rarify the bad air. 2. Accompanied by suffocation. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > choking or asphyxiation > accompanied by suffocating1748 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 184 That uneasy and suffocating sensation. 1818–20 E. Thompson Cullen's Nosologia (ed. 3) 222 Convulsive suffocating cough. 1838 W. M. Thackeray Yellowplush Corr. (1887) iv. 26 She gev a suffycating shreek. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 10 Sept. 6/2 A hoarse, suffocating sound. 3. That undergoes suffocation. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from suffocation or choking suffocatea1464 throttling1566 suffocated1737 asphyxiated1835 suffocating1869 1869 Daily News 2 July The mute agonies of the suffocating lobster before he is boiled alive in a pot. 4. as adv. = suffocatingly adv. at Derivatives. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adverb] > suffocating suffocating1737 suffocatingly1822 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokinglya1656 suffocating1737 suffocatingly1822 stiflingly1839 1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War iii. ix, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 833 It was suffocating hot. Derivatives ˈsuffocatingly adv. so as to cause suffocation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adverb] > suffocating suffocating1737 suffocatingly1822 the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adverb] > shortness of breath > choking or asphyxiation chokinglya1656 suffocating1737 suffocatingly1822 stiflingly1839 1822 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 12 434 I never felt more suffocatingly hot. 1854 C. Dickens Hard Times ii. iv. 164 The..suffocatingly close Hall. 1885 ‘Mrs. Alexander’ Valerie's Fate vi Her heart suddenly waking from its torpor to beat wildly, suffocatingly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2020). > as lemmas ˈsuffocating ˈsuffocating n. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming quench?c1225 stanchingc1400 suppressingc1400 suppression1528 suffocation1567 crushing1580 suffocating1621 pulverization1643 overwhelming1645 depression1656 stifling1805 burking1827 spiflication1839 restinction1891 stamping1897 submergence1898 snuffing1922 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation smoringc1440 suffocating1621 stifling1711 choking1803 smotheration1826 overlying1891 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 23 Death is a suffocating and quenching of the naturall heate of the body. extracted from suffocatev. < adj.a1616 as lemmas
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suffocatingadj.

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