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  Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to
     dam up.]
     1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
        windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
        the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
        by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
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              Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
                                                    --Dryden.
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              I took my leave, being half stifled with the
              closeness of the room.                --Swift.
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     2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
        stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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              Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
              they do not reflect or transmit.      --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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     3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
        conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
        stifle passion.
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              I desire only to have things fairly represented as
              they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
                                                    --Waterland.
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  Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Stifled; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Stifling.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to
     dam up.]
     1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
        windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
        the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
        by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
  
              Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
                                                    --Dryden.
  
              I took my leave, being half stifled with the
              closeness of the room.                --Swift.
  
     2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
        stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
  
              Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
              they do not reflect or transmit.      --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
  
     3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
        conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
        stifle passion.
  
              I desire only to have things fairly represented as
              they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
                                                    --Waterland.

  stifling
       adj : characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer
             was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere";
             "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
             [syn: sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous]
       n : forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
           "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the
           rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent" [syn: suppression,
            crushing, quelling]

  stifling
     a.
     That stifles.
     n.
     The act by which something is stifled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stifle nocat=1)

  stifling
     a.
     That stifles.
     n.
     The act by which something is stifled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stifle nocat=1)

  stifling
     a.
     That stifles.
     n.
     The act by which something is stifled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stifle nocat=1)

  stifling
     a.
     That stifles.
     n.
     The act by which something is stifled.
     vb.
     (present participle of en stifle nocat=1)

  stifling
     Englanti vb.
     (en-v-taivm s tifl ing e)

  stifling
     Engelska a.
     (avledning en stifle ordform=prespart)
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb stifle)

  Stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  الخنق

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  задушлив
  that stifles

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  dusný

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  potlačující

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  behindernd, unterbindend
   see: stifle sth., stifled, rules and regulations that stifle innovation
  

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  erstickend
   see: stifle, stifled, stifles, stifled
  

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  stickig , drückend 

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  
  αποπνιχτικός, πνιγηρός

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  zagušljiv

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/
  1. fullasztó
  2. fojtogató

  stifling /stˈaɪflɪŋ/ 
  kvävande
  that stifles

  
/ˈstaɪfəɫɪŋ/, /ˈstaɪfɫɪŋ/

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "stifling":
     airless, breathless, breezeless, choking, close, constrictive,
     contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, extinguishment, hindering,
     hindersome, humid, ill-ventilated, in the way, inhibiting,
     inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, muggy, obstructing,
     obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, oppressive, overpowering,
     quashing, quenching, repressive, restrictive, smothering, smudgy,
     squashing, squelching, sticky, strangling, stuffy, suffocating,
     sultry, suppression, suppressive, troublesome, unbearable,
     unendurable, unvented, unventilated, windless
  
  

  a. 令人发闷的,无聊的;

     a. 令人窒息的,发闷的,无聊的