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Dictionary: sti·fling   (stī'flĭng) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Very hot or stuffy almost to the point of being suffocating.
  2. Being of such a character or nature as to engender a feeling of stultification, repression, or suffocation: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan).
stiflingly sti'fling·ly adv.

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adjective

    Oppressive due to a lack of fresh air: airless, close, stuffy. See breath/breathlessness, open/close.

Antonyms: stifling
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adj

Definition: very hot
Antonyms: chilly, cold


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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
  Synonyms: suppression, crushing, quelling


The adjective stifling has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
  Synonyms: sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous


 
 
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