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stifling

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sti·fling  (stflng)
adj.
1. Very hot or stuffy almost to the point of being suffocating.
2. Being of such a character or nature as to engender a feeling of stultification, repression, or suffocation: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan).

stifling·ly adv.

stifling
Adjective
uncomfortably hot and stuffy
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.stiflingstifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
prevention, bar - the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza"
crackdown - severely repressive actions
Adj.1.stifling - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
hot - used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning; "hot stove"; "hot water"; "a hot August day"; "a hot stuffy room"; "she's hot and tired"; "a hot forehead"
Translations
stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj [heat] → sofocante, bochornoso
stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj [heat] → suffocant(e)
stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] stifle adj (heat) → drückend
stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj [heat] → soffocante


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The doctors said that she could not get on without medical treatment, so they kept her in the stifling atmosphere of the town, and the Rostovs did not move to the country that summer of 1812.
It seemed as if no longer could she endure the stifling heat.
The heat, which in motion had been hard enough to bear, was positively stifling now.
 
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