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stifling
—stifling /ˈstaɪ.fl̩.ɪŋ/
Ⅰ adjective (NO AIR) ► F0 extremely hot and unpleasant: » I can't bear this stifling humidity.» Several hundred people were crammed into the stifling room.Thesaurus+: ↑Hot and heat , ↑Sultriness and humiditystiflingly /-li/ adverb ► F0» It's stiflingly hot in here.Thesaurus+: ↑Hot and heat , ↑Sultriness and humidity
Ⅱ adjective (PREVENT HAPPENING) ► F0 preventing something from happening: » stifling bureaucracyThesaurus+: ↑Unhelpful and Uncooperative |