- sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous - characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
Antonym: cold (indirect, via hot)
- suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling - forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
--1 is a kind of prevention, bar
--1 has particulars: crackdownDerived form: verb stifle1
- 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