stifling lietuviškai

Play stifling tarimas /ˈstʌɪf(ə)lɪŋ/

Paaiškinimas anglų kalba

  • as hot as if in an oven
  • characterized by oppressive heat and humidity "the summer was sultry and oppressive" "the stifling atmosphere" "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
  • forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority "the suppression of heresy" "the quelling of the rebellion" "the stifling of all dissent"
  • breathe with great difficulty, as when experiencing a strong emotion "She choked with emotion when she spoke about her deceased husband"
  • be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen "The child suffocated under the pillow"
  • smother or suppress "Stifle your curiosity"
  • impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
  • conceal or hide "smother a yawn" "muffle one's anger" "strangle a yawn"
  • struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
  • put out, as of fires, flames, or lights "Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained" "quench the flames" "snuff out the candles"
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