The meaning of Stifling
Stifling – definition
adjective(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.
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Stifling heatadjectiveMaking one feel constrained or oppressed.
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The stifling formality of her family life
verbMake (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.
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Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes
adjectiveExtremely hot, with a lack of fresh air
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Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.
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Word origin
late Middle English: perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’.
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