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

Need another word that means the same as “stifling”? Find 6 synonyms and 30 related words for “stifling” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Stifling” are: crushing, quelling, suppression, sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry

Stifling as a Noun

Definitions of "Stifling" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “stifling” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.

Synonyms of "Stifling" as a noun (3 Words)

crushing	Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
quelling	Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority. The quelling of the rebellion.
suppression	The restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful. The heavy handed suppression of political dissent.

Usage Examples of "Stifling" as a noun

• The stifling of all dissent.

Stifling as an Adjective

Definitions of "Stifling" as an adjective

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

• (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.
• Making one feel constrained or oppressed.
• Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity.

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

sulfurous	Of or related to or containing sulfur or derived from sulfur. A sulfurous denunciation.
sulphurous	Like sulphur in colour; pale yellow. Sulphurous yellow lichen.
sultry	Sexually exciting or gratifying. The air was warm slightly humid but not sultry.

Usage Examples of "Stifling" as an adjective

• The loft is stifling in summer.
• The stifling atmosphere.
• The stifling formality of her family life.
• Stifling heat.

Associations of "Stifling" (30 Words)

atrophy	The process of atrophying or state of having atrophied. Extensive TV viewing may lead to atrophy of children s imaginations.
boiling	The temperature at which a liquid bubbles and turns to vapour boiling point. Saturday is forecast to be boiling and sunny.
calamitous	(of events) having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. Such calamitous events as fires hurricanes and floods.
catastrophic	Involving or causing sudden great damage or suffering. A catastrophic earthquake.
crushing	Physically or spiritually devastating; often used in combination. A crushing blow.
curb	An edge between a sidewalk and a roadway consisting of a line of curbstones usually forming part of a gutter. Both men were instinctively curbing their horses.
deadly	As if dead. My end of the theatre is deadly at the moment.
destructive	Causing great and irreparable damage. A policy that is destructive to the economy.
detrimental	(sometimes followed by `to’) causing harm or injury. Recent policies have been detrimental to the interests of many old people.
devastating	Physically or spiritually devastating often used in combination. The news came as a devastating blow.
disastrous	Causing great damage. The battle was a disastrous end to a disastrous campaign.
earthquake	A great upheaval. Selling the company caused an earthquake among the employees.
fatal	Having extremely unfortunate or dire consequences; bringing ruin. It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.
hot	Make or become hot. Her reply came boiling out of her hot with rage.
incapacitate	Deprive (someone) of their legal capacity. He was incapacitated by a heart attack.
inhibition	The slowing or prevention of a process, reaction, or function by a particular substance. The children at first shy soon lost their inhibitions.
inhibitor	A substance which slows down or prevents a particular chemical reaction or other process or which reduces the activity of a particular reactant, catalyst, or enzyme.
lethal	Of an instrument of certain death. A lethal cocktail of drink and pills.
mortal	A human being subject to death, as opposed to a divine being. The drawing shows Holmes and Moriarty locked in mortal combat.
muggy	(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid. It was a hot very muggy evening.
oppression	A feeling of being oppressed. After years of oppression they finally revolted.
ruinous	Disastrous or destructive. The cost of their ransom might be ruinous.
scorching	(of criticism) harsh; severe. The scorching July sun.
sensual	Marked by the appetites and passions of the body. Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice.
sultry	Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity. A sultry look.
suppress	Partly or wholly eliminate (electrical interference). Suppress a nascent uprising.
suppression	(psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires. The heavy handed suppression of political dissent.
swelter	Suffer from intense heat. The swelter of the afternoon had cooled.
sweltering	Uncomfortably hot. Sweltering athletes.
withering	Any weakening or degeneration (especially through lack of use. To compliments inflated I ve a withering reply.