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stifling:
- bedrängt; dumpf; beklemmt; erstickend
Wiktionary:
- stifling → stickig
- stifle → unterbrechen, unterdrücken, erdrücken, ersticken
- stifle → verbeißen, erpressen, unterdrücken, zurückhalten, zügeln, zäumen, aufzäumen, im Zaume halten, bändigen, bezähmen, im Zaum halten, bremsen, abbremsen, hemmen, drosseln, ersticken, erdrosseln, erwürgen

English

Detailed Translations for stifling from English to German

stifling:

stifling adj

stifling (stuffy; muggy; sweltering; musty; stale; sultry; close)
bedrängt; dumpf; beklemmt
- bedrängt adj
- dumpf adj
- beklemmt adj
stifling (suffocating)
erstickend
- erstickend adj

Translation Matrix for stifling:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	crushing; quelling; suppression
Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	sulfurous; sulphurous; sultry
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
bedrängt	close; muggy; musty; stale; stifling; stuffy; sultry; sweltering	awkward; clamped down; clasped; critical; hard; oppressed; oppressive; painful; perilous; precarious; review; stuck; wedged; worrisome
beklemmt	close; muggy; musty; stale; stifling; stuffy; sultry; sweltering	clasped; oppressive
dumpf	close; muggy; musty; stale; stifling; stuffy; sultry; sweltering	banal; below the belt; coarse; dozy; drab; drowsy; dull; faint; frosted; fusty; fuzzy; grey; gross; mat; misty; nasty; rotten; shabby; sleepy; soporific; subdued; trite; trivial; unmannerly; unsavory; unsavoury; vague; vapid; vulgar
erstickend	stifling; suffocating	suffocating

Related Words for "stifling":

stiflings, stiflingly

Synonyms for "stifling":

sultry; sulfurous; sulphurous; hot
suppression; crushing; quelling; prevention; bar

Related Definitions for "stifling":

characterized by oppressive heat and humidity¹
- the stifling atmosphere¹
forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority¹
- the stifling of all dissent¹

Wiktionary Translations for stifling:

stifling

adjective

das Gefühl ersticken zu müssen gebend; von verbrauchter Luft erfüllt; (von Luft) mit geringem Sauerstoffgehalt
- stickig → stifling; close

stifle:

Translation Matrix for stifle:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	knee
Verb	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	asphyxiate; choke; dampen; muffle; repress; smother; strangle; suffocate
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	choke

Synonyms for "stifle":

knee; joint; articulation; articulatio
smother; strangle; muffle; repress; suppress; stamp down; inhibit; subdue; conquer; curb
dampen
suffocate; asphyxiate; choke; obstruct; obturate; impede; occlude; jam; block; close up
die; decease; perish; go; exit; pass away; expire; pass; kick the bucket; cash in one's chips; buy the farm; conk; give-up the ghost; drop dead; pop off; choke; croak; snuff it

Antonyms for "stifle":

stimulate

Related Definitions for "stifle":

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee¹
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen¹
smother or suppress¹
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of¹
conceal or hide¹

Wiktionary Translations for stifle:

stifle

verb

to interrupt or cut off
- stifle → unterbrechen
to repress, keep in or hold back
- stifle → unterdrücken
to smother or suffocate
- stifle → erdrücken; ersticken
to die of suffocation
- stifle → ersticken

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• stifle	→ verbeißen	↔ verbijten — zijn gevoelens van ergernis of pijn onder controle houden
• stifle	→ erpressen; unterdrücken; zurückhalten; zügeln; zäumen; aufzäumen; im Zaume halten; bändigen; bezähmen; im Zaum halten; bremsen; abbremsen; hemmen; drosseln	↔ réprimer — Traductions à trier suivant le sens
• stifle	→ ersticken; erdrosseln; erwürgen	↔ suffoquer — étouffer, faire perdre la respiration ou rendre la respiration difficile; il se dit ordinairement du manque de respiration qui arriver par quelque cause intérieure ou par l’effet de quelque vapeur nuisible.
• stifle	→ erdrosseln; ersticken; erwürgen	↔ étouffer — Faire mourir en arrêter la respiration.

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