stifled

sti·fle ¹  (stfl)

v. sti·fled, sti·fling, sti·fles

v.tr.

1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).

2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.

3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.

v.intr.

1. To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.

2. To die of suffocation.

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[Middle English stifilen, alteration (influenced by Old Norse stfla, to stop up) of stuffen, stuflen, to stifle, choke, drown, from Old French estoufer, of Germanic origin.]

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stifler n.

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sti·fle ²  (stfl)

n.

The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.

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[Middle English, possibly from Old French estivel, pipe, leg, tibia, from Latin stpes, stick.]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

stifled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" smothered, strangled, suppressed inhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear"

Translations

stifled [ˈstaɪfld] adj → soffocato/a

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stifled [ˈstaɪfld] adj → soffocato/a