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- DictionarySti·fle/ˈstīf(ə)l/
verb
- 1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate: "those in the streets were stifled by the fumes"
- 2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion): "she stifled a giggle"
The meaning of STIFLE is to withhold from circulation or expression. How to use stifle in a sentence.
Stifle definition: to quell, crush, or end by force. See examples of STIFLE used in a sentence.
to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing: She stifled a cough / yawn / scream / sneeze. I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger. We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing: She stifled a cough / yawn / scream / sneeze. I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger. We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The verb stifle means “to choke, suffocate, drown.” It can describe a claustrophobic feeling, like getting smothered by kisses from your great aunt. At its most extreme, stifle means to kill by cutting off respiration.
to smother or suppress. stifle a cough. 2. to feel or cause to feel discomfort and difficulty in breathing. 3. to prevent or be prevented from breathing so as to cause death. 4. (transitive) to crush or stamp out. Collins English Dictionary.
Definition of stifle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. ( tr) to smother or suppress: stifle a cough. 2. to feel or cause to feel discomfort and difficulty in breathing. 3. to prevent or be prevented from breathing so as to cause death. 4. ( tr) to crush or stamp out. [C14: variant of stuflen, probably from Old French estouffer to smother] ˈstifler n.
1. If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. [disapproval] [...] 2. If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing. [...] 3. If you stifle your natural feelings or behavior, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way. [...] More.
Stifle Definition. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example). To die from lack of air. To suffer from lack of fresh, cool air. To stifle a sob, to stifle protests. To kill by cutting off the supply of air from; suffocate; smother; choke. (veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region.
