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stifling

adjective as in airless

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A creeping sense develops that Judy fled not just a stifling culture but a genuine existential threat.

Its recurring phrase is now the deadening, argument-stifling “As a mom,” cited frequently by Jenny McCarthy and Sherri Shepherd.

The monster tech firms are stifling competition and consolidating their power while they expand into new markets.

And nothing squelches education, or the desire for education, like stifling discourse.

A name like that might ease some of the pressure of living under such a stifling state.

The tops of the hills were laden with thunder-clouds, and the turbid atmosphere laboured with the stifling Sirocco.

He ought not to be in London now—it is stifling—went up for some business meeting or other—seemed to wish to avoid details.

While they were talking another shell entered the small apartment, exploded, and filled the air with dust and stifling fumes.

She turned from him with overflowing heart, stifling her tears, but with a veritable volcano of emotion within her young breast.

The very air seems oppressive and stifling, and laden with the dry dust of death.

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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to stifling, such as: fetid, humid, muggy, stuffy, suffocating, and sultry.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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