smothered

Examples

• All

• It's like coleslaw potato salad, like a broccoli salad, just smothered in mayonnaise.

  Theo Von

• I mean, these, I have some little lime hydrangeas in here that were just being smothered by branches.

• Have you ever wanted to be smothered by ants?

• I always want to be wrapped up and, you know, smothered, covered, chunked baby put me like that.

• What are you, floppy nougat center smothered with pecans?

• It is completely void of life and that's because it's been totally smothered out by this, by this chipping green here.

• I mean, I mean, Impossible Burgers is processed pea protein smothered in canola oil.

• Seasoned chicken and sausage jambalaya with cornbread and smothered potatoes.

• I'm not taking health advice from Canada, a country that's known for French fries smothered in gravy and cheese curds.

• These are quotations, multitudes of people brought to inhabit in small rooms and heaped up together and in a sort almost smothered, said one report.

Synonyms

D

drenched in

vssmothered

7 4.6

Completely covered with a strong feeling, color or bright light

focuses more on being buried and overwhelmed rather than just being soaked or suffused

I

involved

vssmothered

4 4.9

Surrounded by mist or cloud that makes it hard to see

adds the sense of being buried by weight or objects, not just obscured

S

saturated

vssmothered

2 3.4

Completely soaked with liquid so it cannot absorb any more

is broader, meaning hidden or overwhelmed by things, not only soaked with liquid

C

covered

vssmothered

1 1.0

Having something on top or around it

is stronger, suggesting concealment and being overwhelmed rather than mere layering

S

shrouded in mist

vssmothered

1 5.7

Covered by mist so you cannot see far

is more general, meaning hidden by substances or objects, not only fog

D

dust-covered

vssmothered

1 2.1

Having a thin layer of dust on it

suggests a much stronger state of being buried or overwhelmed than light dusting

C

carpeted

vssmothered

1 2.3

With floors or stairs covered with carpet

implies a heavier, smothering covering that hides or overwhelms rather than resembling a rug

C

coveralled

vssmothered

7.7

Completely covered in mud, paint or dust

is more intense, hiding and overwhelming rather than only being coated

B

blanketed

vssmothered

3.7

Completely covered by a layer, like snow or fog

implies a heavier sense of being hidden or overwhelmed rather than simple wrapping

M

mantled

vssmothered

6.8

A thing that is covered by a layer like a cloak or mist

carries more force of being overwhelmed and hidden beneath objects or substance

D

draperied

vssmothered

• Archaic

9.4

Covered as if by a soft veil of fog or shadow

is plainer and stronger, meaning buried or overwhelmed rather than merely wrapped

Antonyms

R

to reveal

∞ 2.3

Show something that was hidden or secret

E

to expose

146 2.8

Make something visible by removing a cover or letting light reach it

How Covered

buried

2.7

engulfment

7.8

smothered

4.6

blanketed

3.7

covered

1 1.0

coated

1 3.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology