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stifling
1
adj
Stifling
heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use
stifling
to describe a place that is extremely hot.
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
2
adj
If a situation is
stifling
, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
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stifle
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