- smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
Antonym: uninhibited (indirect, via inhibited)
- smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
--1 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun stifler1, noun stifling1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- stifle, dampen - smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
--2 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Antonyms: stimulate, excite
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun stifler1
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke - impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
--3 is one way to obstruct, obturate, impede, occlude, jam, block, close up
Sample sentences:
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate - be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
--4 is one way to die, decease, perish, go, exit, pass away, expire, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s