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sti·fling
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Princeton's WordNet
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:
crushing, curtailment, suppression, quelling, inhibitionAntonyms:
coldsultry, 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, bitter, acrid, virulent, sultry, vitriolic, acerbAntonyms:
cold
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
stiflingadjective
Synonyms:
close, oppressive, suffocating
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List of paraphrases for "stifling":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2570 | acid | |
#10079 | bitter | |
#12650 | suppression | |
#13260 | inhibition | |
#16950 | sensual | |
#21692 | crushing | |
#26750 | choking | |
#35779 | caustic | |
#40186 | sultry | |
#40699 | blistering | |
#43797 | virulent | |
#47876 | stuffy | |
#51207 | stifling | |
#54698 | smothering | |
#62743 | curtailment | |
#68828 | suffocating | |
#96542 | acerbic | |
#96952 | acrid | |
#100013 | vitriolic | |
#170741 | quelling | |
#194842 | sulfurous | |
#206618 | sulphurous |
How to use stifling in a sentence?
Think about that phrase, 'As cool as the other side of the pillow.' It's a hot, stifling night. You're having trouble sleeping. But then you think to turn the pillow over, and, Wow, it's cool, and it feels so good, well, that's who Stuart is. He is 'the other side of pillow,' the man who made sportscasting cool. God bless whoever it was who thought to rearrange the bedding at ESPN.
Science is the only truth and it is the great lie. It knows nothing, and people think it knows everything. It is misrepresented. People think that science is electricity, automobilism, and dirigible balloons. It is something very different. It is life devouring itself. It is the sensibility transformed into intelligence. It is the need to know stifling the need to live. It is the genius of knowledge vivisecting the vital genius.
It provides enough oversight to provide legitimacy without stifling innovation, i think it is a good balance between on the one hand the U.S. and specifically New York, which I think have gone too far, and what a lot of countries are doing which is just completely ignoring it.
The Hong Kong government is stifling Hong Kong people’s freedom on the Internet, an open Internet has always been the cornerstone of freedom in a place. Disrupting Internet freedom also undermines the flow of information, freedom of communication, and freedom of the press.
I fear that Section 230's sweeping liability protections for Big Tech are stifling true diversity of political discourse on the internet, on the eve of a momentous and highly charged election, it is imperative that this committee of jurisdiction and the American people receive a full accounting from the heads of these companies about their content moderation practices.
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