stifling

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).

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stifling·ly adv.

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stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

adj

oppressively hot or stuffy a stifling atmosphere

stiflingly  adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" crushing, quelling, suppression 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" sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous 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"

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stifling

adjective

1. suffocating, close, oppressive, airless, sticky, muggy The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.

2. oppressive, severe, overwhelming, repressive, cruel, brutal, unjust, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic a stifling bureaucracy

Translations

stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] ADJ (lit, fig) → agobiante
it's stifling in here → ¡hace un calor agobiante or sofocante aquí dentro!
the atmosphere in the company is stifling → en la compañía hay una atmósfera agobiante

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stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj

[heat] → étouffant(e)

[atmosphere, situation] → étouffant(e)

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stifling

adj

fumes, smoke → erstickend; heat → drückend; it’s stifling in here → es ist ja zum Ersticken hier drin (inf)

(fig) → beengend; situation → erdrückend; atmosphere → stickig

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stifling [ˈstaɪflɪŋ] adj (heat) → soffocante
it's stifling in here → qui non si respira

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stifling → خانق dusný kvælende stickig αποπνικτικός sofocante tukahduttava suffocant zagušljiv soffocante むっとする 숨막히는 듯한 verstikkend kvelende duszący sufocante душный kvävande ร้อนและอบ boğucu ngột ngạt 沉闷的