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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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stifle

Verb

[-fling, -fled]

1. to stop oneself from expressing (a yawn or cry)

2. to stop (something) from continuing: the new leadership stifled all internal debate

3. to feel discomfort and difficulty in breathing

4. to kill (someone) by preventing him or her from breathing [probably from Old French estouffer to smother]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stifle - joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee knee hind leg - the back limb of a quadruped articulatio, joint, articulation - (anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion)
Verb	1.	stifle - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn" muffle, repress, strangle, smother conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
	2.	stifle - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" dampen suffocate, choke - suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" conquer, inhibit, stamp down, suppress, subdue, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" stimulate, excite - act as a stimulant; "The book stimulated her imagination"; "This play stimulates"
	3.	stifle - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" asphyxiate, suffocate, choke obturate, occlude, close up, impede, obstruct, jam, block - block passage through; "obstruct the path"
	4.	stifle - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" asphyxiate, suffocate croak, decease, die, drop dead, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, give-up the ghost, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, snuff it, pop off, expire, conk, exit, choke, go, pass - pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life; "She died from cancer"; "The children perished in the fire"; "The patient went peacefully"; "The old guy kicked the bucket at the age of 102" strangle - die from strangulation asphyxiate, suffocate, smother - deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

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stifle

verb 1. suppress, repress, prevent, stop, check, silence, curb, restrain, cover up, gag, hush, smother, extinguish, muffle, choke back

verb 2. restrain, suppress, repress, smother

Translations

stifle [ˈstaɪfl] vt → ahogar, sofocar

stifle [ˈstaɪfl] vt → étouffer, réprimer

stifle [ˈstaɪfl] vt → unterdrücken;

(heat) → erdrücken

stifle [ˈstaɪfl] vt → soffocare

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stifle

v stifle [ˈstaifl]

1 to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!versmoorيَخْنُق، يُخْمِدзадушавам (се)dusit (se)kvæleerstickenασφυκτιώ, προκαλώ ασφυξίαahogar, sofocarlämmatama, lämbumaخفه شدنtukehduttaa, tukehtuaétoufferלְהֵיחָנֵק, לְהַחֲנִיקरोकना, दबा लेनाugušiti, udavitimegfojt; (szenvedőben:) megfulladmenghambat pernapasankæfa; kafnasoffocare窒息させる...의 숨을 막다; 숨막히다(už)dusti, (už)dusintismakt; nosmakt; nosmacēttercekiksmorenkvele(s), bli kvaltdusić (się)sufocara sufocaдушить; задыхатьсяdusiť (sa)zadušiti segušiti sekväva[]ทำให้หายใจไม่ออกboğ(ul)mak, nefesi(ni) tıka(n)mak使窒息задихатисяدم گھونٹناlàm ngột ngạt, khó thở使窒息

2 to extinguish or put out (flames). doodsmoorيُخْمِد النارгасяudusitkvæleerstickenσβήνω φωτιάapagarkustutamaفرو نشاندنsammuttaaétoufferלַחֲנוֹקदम घोटना, दम घुटनाugasiti (vatru)elolt (tüzet)memadamkankæfa, slökkvaspegnere消す(불을) 끄다(už)gesintinodzēst; noslāpētmemadamkan apismorenkvele, slokketłumić, dławićapagara înăbuşiтушитьudusiťugasitigasitikvävaดับsöndürmek撲滅гаситиگل کرنا یا ماند کرناdập tắt, thổi tắt扑灭

3 to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc). onderdrukيَكْبِتпотискамpotlačitundertrykkeunterdrückenσβήνω, καταπνίγωreprimirsummutamaفرو خوردنtukahduttaaréprimerלְדַכֵּאकुचलना, दबानाprigušitielfojtmenahanbæla, halda aftur afreprimere抑える(감정 등을) 억누르다, 억제하다užgniaužtiapspiest (žāvas u.tml.)menahaninhoudenkvelehamować, zdławićreprimira reprimaсдерживатьpotlačiťzadušitipotisnutikvävaอดกลั้นbastırmak抑制придушувати, стримуватиروکنا یا دباناkiềm chế抑制

adj ˈstifling

very hot, stuffy etc stifling heat; It's stifling in here.baie warmخانِقзадушенdusnýkvælende; trykkendestickigαποπνικτικός, πνιγηρόςsofocantelämmatavطاقت فرسا؛ خفه کنندهläkähdyttäväétouffantמַחֲנִיקदमघोंटूzagušljiv, zadušljivfojtogatódan pengapkæfandisoffocante息苦しい숨막히는, 답답한tvankussmacīgspanassmoorheetkvelende varmt, trykkende, med dårlig luftdusznyabafadoînăbuşitor, irespi­rabilудушающий; душныйdusnýzadušljivzagušujućikvävandeที่หายใจหอบboğucu, kavurucu悶熱的задушливийبہت گرمngột ngạt, khó thở闷热的