STIFLED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for STIFLED?

Need another word that means the same as “stifled”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “stifled” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stifled” are: smothered, strangled, suppressed

Stifled as an Adjective

Definitions of "Stifled" as an adjective

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stifled” as an adjective can have the following definitions:

• Held in check with difficulty.

Synonyms of "Stifled" as an adjective (3 Words)

smothered	(of food) cooked in a covered container. A smothered cough.
strangled	Held in check with difficulty. A strangled scream.
suppressed	Held in check with difficulty. Suppressed laughter.

Usage Examples of "Stifled" as an adjective

• A stifled yawn.

Associations of "Stifled" (30 Words)

airway	The passage by which air reaches a person’s lungs. He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating.
bound	Bound by an oath. An injury bound in fresh gauze.
champ	Someone who has won first place in a competition. He champed on his sandwich.
choke	Cause to retch or choke. We were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch.
clog	Dance a clog dance. Tourists cars clog the roads into Cornwall.
clutter	Cover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things. The attic is full of clutter.
coagulant	An agent that produces coagulation. An injection of blood coagulant.
death	The personification of death. He had two deaths on his conscience.
drown	Deliberately kill a person or animal by drowning. His voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
emergency	Arising from or used in an emergency. He never knew what to do in an emergency.
execute	Sign in the presence of witnesses. In some states criminals are executed.
garrote	An instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
hanging	The practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment. Controversial cross party issues such as abortion and hanging.
ligature	Bind or connect with a ligature. He ligatured the duodenum below the pylorus.
muffle	A kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature. Muffle one s anger.
neck	The length of a horse s head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race. We started necking on the sofa.
obstruct	Deliberately make (something) difficult. The appellants were arrested and later convicted of obstructing the police.
open	Full of small openings or gaps. An open shop employs nonunion workers.
oppress	Cause to suffer. A system which oppressed working people.
overawe	Impress (someone) so much that they are silent or inhibited. The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere.
smother	Make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them. Smother fires.
strangle	Die from strangulation. They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative.
strung	That is on a string.
suffocate	Feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
suffocation	Difficulty in breathing. The country s slow suffocation under the ever increasing weight of red tape.
throttle	Control an engine or vehicle with a throttle. The pitch of the engine fell as the driver throttled back.
valve	Each of the halves of the hinged shell of a bivalve mollusc or brachiopod or of the parts of the compound shell of a barnacle. The aortic valve.
welter	A state of general disorder. The attack petered out in a welter of bloody confused fighting.