stifling

sti·fling

S0756900 (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).

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sti′fling·ly adv.

stifling

(ˈstaɪflɪŋ) adjoppressively hot or stuffy: a stifling atmosphere. ˈstiflingly adv

Thesaurus

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, suppressionprevention, 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, sulphuroushot - 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

adjective1. 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

stifling

adjectiveOppressive due to a lack of fresh air:airless, close, stuffy.

Translations

沉闷的闷热的令人窒息的

stifle

(ˈstaifl) verb1. 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! 使窒息 使窒息2. to extinguish or put out (flames). 撲滅 扑灭3. to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc). 抑制 抑制ˈstifling adjective very hot, stuffy etc. stifling heat; It's stifling in here. 悶熱的，鬱悶難受的，令人窒息的 闷热的，沉闷的，令人窒息的

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