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Definition of 'stifling' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) 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"

2. (adj) 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"


Definition of 'stifling' Webster Dictionary 

1.  stifling
of Stifle


Translation of 'stifling' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: very hot, stuffy etc
stifling heat; It's stifling in here.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: baie warm Arabic flag Arabic: خانِق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: задушен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: abafado Czech flag Czech: dusný German flag German: stickig
Danish flag Danish: kvælende; trykkende Greek flag Greek: αποπνικτικός, πνιγηρός Spanish flag Spanish: sofocante
Estonian flag Estonian: lämmatav Farsi flag Farsi: طاقت فرسا؛ خفه کننده Finnish flag Finnish: läkähdyttävä
French flag French: étouffant Hebrew flag Hebrew: מַחֲנִיק Hindi flag Hindi: दमघोंटू
Croatian flag Croatian: zagušljiv, zadušljiv Hungarian flag Hungarian: fojtogató Indonesian flag Indonesian: dan pengap
Icelandic flag Icelandic: kæfandi Italian flag Italian: soffocante Japanese flag Japanese: 息苦しい
Korean flag Korean: 숨막히는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: tvankus Latvian flag Latvian: smacīgs
Malay flag Malay: panas Dutch flag Dutch: smoorheet Norwegian flag Norwegian: kvelende varmt, trykkende
Polish flag Polish: duszny Portuguese flag Portuguese: abafado Romanian flag Romanian: înăbuşitor, irespi­rabil
Russian flag Russian: удушающий; душный Slovak flag Slovak: dusný Slovenian flag Slovenian: zadušljiv
Serbian flag Serbian: zagušujući Swedish flag Swedish: kvävande Thai flag Thai: ร้อบอบอ้าว
Turkish flag Turkish: boğucu, kavurucu Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 悶熱的,鬱悶難受的,令人窒息的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: задушливий
Urdu flag Urdu: بہت گرم Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: ngột ngạt, khó thở Chinese flag Chinese: 闷热的,沉闷的,令人窒息的

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