stiflingly
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- adverb
- /ˈstaɪflɪŋli/
:
sofocantemente
- It was stiflingly hot in the corridor where the actors waited.
- stiflingly hot
- stiflingly hot air
Examples
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The bus had been stiflingly warm when they began, but gradually, as they climbed the Ghats, the air whisking in through the windows acquired a brisker edge, and the skies turned a watercolor blue.
Fiction book (2001) -
'It had stopped raining and I felt stiflingly hot.
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And though all the borrowed clothing fit, it was still stiflingly hot.
Fiction book (1992) -
I was cram-packed into a sea of smelly college students on a stiflingly hot day, and it was awful.
Blog text (1) -
As the sun sank slowly behind mildewed walls, the maze of streets became stiflingly close.
Fiction book (1991) -
She could hardly breathe; her chest was so tight. The club was stiflingly hot, but she hugged her arms to her chest and shivered, and couldn't move.
Fiction book (1990) -
The room felt stiflingly hot during the summer without air conditioning.
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It was so stiflingly hot at the beach that we decided to leave early.
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In the crowded subway, the air was stiflingly hot and hard to breathe.
Synonyms
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In a way that feels heavy and makes you uncomfortable
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7.3
In a way that makes it hard to breathe or feel free
In a way that makes breathing or speaking hard
In a way that feels too tight and makes breathing hard
To do something in a very hot and uncomfortable way
Antonyms
How Oppressive
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stiflingly comes from the verb stifle, which means 'to smother' or 'to stop air' and is like the common word stuffy. So when something is stiflingly hot or strict, it feels as if there is no air and it is hard to breathe or act freely.