Synonyms for STIFLING
sti·fling

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1. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingadjective

   forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

   "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

   Synonyms:
   stifling, crushing, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibition

   Antonyms:
   cold

2. sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurousadjective

   characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

   "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

   Synonyms:
   caustic, acerbic, blistering, acid, sensual, sulphurous, sulfurous, stifling, bitter, acrid, virulent, sultry, vitriolic, acerb

   Antonyms:
   cold

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1. stiflingadjective

   Synonyms:
   close, oppressive, suffocating

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1. List of paraphrases for "stifling":

   suffocating, choking, stuffy, smothering

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How to use STIFLING in a sentence?

1. Darcy Meys:

   They are crushing his spirit, they are stifling his creativity.

2. John Osborne:

   I want to get to the height of my career being completely who I am, i mean, I am who I am, but I've kept a part of me muted, and it's been stifling.

3. Steve Bradford:

   These tariffs have had a stifling effect on business. Removing them would benefit the U.S. and China.

4. Meenakshi Ganguly:

   The counter terror law is draconian. We see it is being used rampantly to jail peaceful critics without bail, it was for the courts to decide if Swamy was guilty, but in repeatedly stifling bail, the authorities chose not to protect.

5. Katie Harbath:

   You need that right balance to make sure you’re not stifling innovation, but making sure that you’re aware of the implications of what it is that you’re building, we won’t know until we see how things continue to operate moving forward, but my hope is that they at least continue to think about that.