stifling

stifling /'staifliɳ/
  • tính từ
    • ngột ngạt, khó thở
      • stifling weather: thời tiết ngột ngạt

Xem thêm: suppression, crushing, quelling, sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous, knee, smother, strangle, muffle, repress, dampen, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke, suffocate, asphyxiate



stifling

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

  • forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; suppression, crushing, quelling

    the suppression of heresy

    the quelling of the rebellion

    the stifling of all dissent

    adj.

  • characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous

    the summer was sultry and oppressive

    the stifling atmosphere

    the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm

    n.

  • joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee; knee

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary


syn.: crushing quelling sulfurous sulphurous sultry suppression
stifles|stifled|stifling
syn.: choke smother stop suffocate suppress