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stifled
adjective
()
held in check with difficulty
Synonyms:
smothered
,
strangled
,
suppressed
,
Examples:
A stifled yawn.
Words Related to
stifled
!
inhibited
,
smothered
,
suppressed
,
strangled
,
hindered
,
hampered
,
impeded
,
curbed
,
quelled
,
repressed
,
muffled
,
suffocated
,
constrained
,
choked
,
crushed
,
restricted
,
limited
,
punished
,
paralyzed
,
nipped
,
penalized
,
devastated
,
drowned
,
asphyxiated
,
reversed
,
whitewashed
,
flooded
,
oppressed
,
prosecuted
,
incriminated
,
paralysed
,
stymied
,
squelched
,
hamstrung
,
blunted
,
throttled
,
snuffed
,
thwarted
,
undermined
,
stunted
,
silenced
,
dominated
,
undone
,
suffocating
,
curtailed
,
stultified
,
overshadowed
,
sapped
,
dooms
,
upend
,
overwhelms
,
squashed
,
neutralized
,
faltered
,
spurred
,
dampened
,
muzzled
,
steamrollered
,
confounded
,
dogged
,
slowed
,
negated
,
quashed
,
frustrated
,
unhampered
,
flummoxed
,
typified
,
monopolized
,
clamped
,
stalled
,
constricted
,
unburdened
,
fueled
,
stagnated
,
flusters
,
led
,
hobbled
,
challenged
,
steamrolled
,
disrupted
,
stimulated
,
limiting
,
quieted
,
stonewalled
,
deflated
,
bolstered
,
reined
,
subdues
,
decimated
,
revived
,
overpowers
,
reignited
,
buoyed
,
bedeviled
,
hounded
,
tempered
,
beset
,
bereft
,
tormented
,
sputtered
,
stifled
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