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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.
strangledHeld in check with difficulty.
A strangled scream.
suppressedHeld in check with difficulty.
Suppressed laughter.

Usage Examples of "Stifled" as an adjective

  • A stifled yawn.

Associations of "Stifled" (30 Words)

airwayThe passage by which air reaches a person’s lungs.
He kept the man s airway clear and blood circulating.
boundBound by an oath.
An injury bound in fresh gauze.
champSomeone who has won first place in a competition.
He champed on his sandwich.
chokeCause to retch or choke.
We were the only team not to choke when it came to the crunch.
clogDance a clog dance.
Tourists cars clog the roads into Cornwall.
clutterCover or fill (something) with an untidy collection of things.
The attic is full of clutter.
coagulantAn agent that produces coagulation.
An injection of blood coagulant.
deathThe personification of death.
He had two deaths on his conscience.
drownDeliberately kill a person or animal by drowning.
His voice was drowned out by the approaching engine noise.
emergencyArising from or used in an emergency.
He never knew what to do in an emergency.
executeSign in the presence of witnesses.
In some states criminals are executed.
garroteAn instrument of execution for execution by strangulation.
hangingThe practice of hanging condemned people as a form of capital punishment.
Controversial cross party issues such as abortion and hanging.
ligatureBind or connect with a ligature.
He ligatured the duodenum below the pylorus.
muffleA kiln with an inner chamber for firing things at a low temperature.
Muffle one s anger.
neckThe length of a horse s head and neck as a measure of its lead in a race.
We started necking on the sofa.
obstructDeliberately make (something) difficult.
The appellants were arrested and later convicted of obstructing the police.
openFull of small openings or gaps.
An open shop employs nonunion workers.
oppressCause to suffer.
A system which oppressed working people.
overaweImpress (someone) so much that they are silent or inhibited.
The eleven year old was overawed by the atmosphere.
smotherMake (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them.
Smother fires.
strangleDie from strangulation.
They allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative.
strungThat is on a string.
suffocateFeel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed.
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor.
suffocationDifficulty in breathing.
The country s slow suffocation under the ever increasing weight of red tape.
throttleControl an engine or vehicle with a throttle.
The pitch of the engine fell as the driver throttled back.
valveEach 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.
welterA state of general disorder.
The attack petered out in a welter of bloody confused fighting.
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