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smothered
smoth·er S0502200 (smŭth′ər)v. smoth·ered, smoth·er·ing, smoth·ers v.tr.1. a. To suffocate (another).b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.2. To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.3. To cover thickly: smother chicken in sauce.4. To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone): The grandparents smothered the child with affection.v.intr.1. a. To suffocate.b. To be extinguished.2. To be concealed or suppressed.3. To be surfeited with an emotion.n. Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.
[Middle English smotheren, from smorther, dense smoke; see smolder.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | smothered - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"stifled, strangled, suppressedinhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" | | 2. | smothered - completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"covered - overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form; "women with covered faces"; "covered wagons"; "a covered balcony" |
IdiomsSeesmothersmothered
Related to smothered: suffocatingSynonyms for smotheredadj held in check with difficultySynonyms- stifled
- strangled
- suppressed
Related Wordsadj completely coveredRelated Words |