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