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Synonyms for stifle
ˈstaɪ fəlsti·fle
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stifle, kneeverb
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
Synonyms:
articulatio genus, knee, knee joint, human knee, genusmother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repressverb
conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Synonyms:
keep down, cramp, muffle, surround, quash, halter, suppress, asphyxiate, subjugate, gag, mute, strangulate, throttle, reduce, hamper, repress, put out, damp, suffocate, dull, smother, choke, dampen, tone down, strangle, subduestifle, dampenverb
smother or suppress
"Stifle your curiosity"
Synonyms:
asphyxiate, muffle, mute, moisten, dull, weaken, repress, break, soften, tone down, suffocate, wash, smother, choke, deaden, damp, dampen, stranglesuffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, chokeverb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
Synonyms:
drop dead, strangle, pop off, gag, give-up the ghost, choke, foul, throttle, repress, cash in one's chips, fret, kick the bucket, expire, buy the farm, pass away, perish, croak, clog, conk, asphyxiate, clog up, back up, snuff it, decease, dampen, go, pass, choke off, die, smother, suffocate, exit, congest, scrag, mufflesuffocate, stifle, asphyxiateverb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
Synonyms:
suffocate, asphyxiate, gag, muffle, strangle, repress, smother, choke, dampen
Dictionary of English Synonymes
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#123 | go | |
#1457 | cool | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1618 | break | |
#1763 | die | |
#2036 | reduce | |
#3227 | exit | |
#5204 | wash | |
#7034 | knee | |
#8297 | surround | |
#9305 | burke | |
#9718 | foul | |
#12429 | gag | |
#12853 | expire | |
#13293 | dull | |
#13617 | nip | |
#15923 | mute | |
#16683 | suppress | |
#16912 | throttle | |
#18220 | damp | |
#21204 | choke | |
#21226 | halter | |
#22854 | hinder | |
#23611 | hamper | |
#25411 | weaken | |
#27090 | fret | |
#27773 | smother | |
#27826 | perish | |
#30094 | restrain | |
#30189 | clog | |
#30385 | soften | |
#40453 | quench | |
#43067 | stifle | |
#44779 | cramp | |
#45925 | extinguish | |
#51445 | dampen | |
#53900 | quell | |
#54755 | subdue | |
#56041 | repress | |
#60869 | strangle | |
#66240 | quash | |
#66795 | oppress | |
#73790 | croak | |
#82036 | suffocate | |
#87201 | moisten | |
#92888 | decease | |
#115405 | muffle | |
#116275 | subjugate | |
#158158 | deaden | |
#166458 | conk | |
#201265 | genu | |
#299464 | congest |
How to use stifle in a sentence?
Greenpeace France director Jean-François Julliard:
We have the feeling that (the government) wants to stifle criticism from the militants, but they are going about it in the worst possible way, this is repression.
My staff is always on the lookout for cases where big business uses big government to stifle competition and that is exactly what the Egg Board did here, but the real story is that programs like this shouldn’t exist in the first place. If egg producers want to get together voluntarily and promote eggs, that’s great. But they shouldn’t need the federal government to run the program for them.
Our host community is individuals that are just trying to offset the cost of a car, and Enterprise is this $24 billion Goliath that is using their political connections to stifle innovation.
Here's my message to the Republican Party leaders: Focus more on listening to the American people and less on trying to stifle their voice.
I believe this will send a concerning signal to infrastructure developers that resonates far beyond our project and will stifle innovation for a practical transition towards sustainable energy.
Translations for stifle
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- خنقArabic
- dusit, udusit, udusit se, potlačitCzech
- unterdrücken, ersticken, unterbrechen, erdrückenGerman
- sofocar, reprimirSpanish
- tukahduttaa, vaimentaa, katkaista, tukehduttaa, tukahtua, keskeyttää, takapolvi, polvi, tukehtuaFinnish
- interrompre, réprimer, couperFrench
- elfojt, megfulladHungarian
- soffocare, trattenere, affogare, interrompere, celare, boccheggiare, tagliare, reprimere, ricoprire, asfissiare, grassellaItalian
- 噛み殺す, 抑える, 消す, 静める, 遮る, 窒息, 抑圧, もみ消すJapanese
- បង្អាក់, រារាំងKhmer
- whakakōmau, nati, nanatiMāori
- onderdrukken, afbreken, stikken, onderbrekenDutch
- душить, прервать, задыхаться, подавить, задохнуться, прерывать, подавлять, задушитьRussian
- tutmak, bastırmak, boğulmakTurkish
- chết ngộpVietnamese
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