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   Sti·fling

   /ˈstīf(ə)liNG/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating: "stifling heat"
   • 2. making one feel constrained or oppressed: "the stifling formality of her family life"

   Derivatives

   • 1. stiflingly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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