What does STIFLING mean?
Definitions for STIFLING
sti·fling
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Princeton's WordNet
suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingadjective
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
"the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurousadjective
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
"the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
Wiktionary
stiflingadjective
Describing something that stifles.
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stifling
Stifling generally refers to the act of making someone unable to breathe properly, causing discomfort from heat, lack of air, or a restrictive environment, or suppressing or preventing a process or activity from progressing. It can be used in a physical, emotional, or metaphorical context.
Webster Dictionary
Stifling
of Stifle
Anagrams for STIFLING »
liftings
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of STIFLING in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of STIFLING in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of STIFLING in a Sentence
I want to get to the height of my career being completely who I am, i mean, I am who I am, but I’ve kept a part of me muted, and it’s been stifling.
It provides enough oversight to provide legitimacy without stifling innovation, i think it is a good balance between on the one hand the U.S. and specifically New York, which I think have gone too far, and what a lot of countries are doing which is just completely ignoring it.
I want to get to the height of my career being completely who I am, i mean, I am who I am, but I've kept a part of me muted, and it's been stifling.
Some forms of marital strain can be protective, but support can be stifling, marital conflict does n’t necessarily mean tension and discord, it can be squabbles over things like, ‘ why did n’t you take your meds ? ’ .
The important thing for us as members of the FSB is to be moving in parallel with these developments and not be stifling innovation, but being able to apply them in a way that improves the resilience of the system.
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