stifling

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

forceful prevention;
putting down by power or authority
- the suppression of heresy
- the quelling of the rebellion
- the stifling of all dissent
• Syn:
suppression, crushing, quelling
• Derivationally related forms:
stifle, quell (for: quelling), crush (for: crushing), suppress (for: suppression)
• Hypernyms:
prevention, bar
• Hyponyms:
crackdown

II - adjective

characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
- the summer was sultry and oppressive
- the stifling atmosphere
- the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
• Syn:
sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous
• Similar to:
hot
• Derivationally related forms:
sultriness (for: sultry)

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous, suppression, crushing, quelling