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"The complexities of starting a new company is stifling innovation"
The word stifling is a present participle verb, an adjective, and a verbal noun (gerund). Examples: Verb: My manager is stifling my career as a musician. Adjective: It is stifling hot today. Noun: Stifling will not be tolerated, each student must be allowed to speak freely.
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"Cyfling" does not appear to be a commonly recognized word in the English language. It's possible that it may be a misspelling or regional variation of a different word.
The dictionary meaning of stifling is to cause difficulty in breathing or to suffocate. It can also mean to suppress or restrain something, such as emotions or creativity.
Overbearing
When someone is stifling you, it means they are inhibiting or restricting your actions, thoughts, or freedom in some way. This can manifest as controlling behavior, lack of support for your personal growth, or not allowing you to express yourself freely.
It can be, it could also be the object of a sentence it just depends on how the sentences is written. subject -- The heat is stifling today. object -- I can't stand this stifling heat
Tropical. Humid, hot, stifling.
No, "stifling" is not an adverb. It is a present participle form of the verb "stifle," which can act as a verb or an adjective.
negative
to hinder. The man stifled his cough at the church service. The girl's stifled their giggles as they saw a student pass by with toilet paper stuck to their shoe. Can all so be used to mean oppressive. The heat was stifling in the car because the AC was broken. The rigors of the course requirements were stifling. He felt stifled by her constant attentions.