stifled

Meaning of stifled

verb
  1. To interrupt or cut off.
  2. To repress, keep in or hold back.
    The army stifled the rebellion.
  3. To smother or suffocate.
    The heat was stifling the children.
  4. To feel smothered etc.
    The heat felt stifling.
  5. To die of suffocation.
    Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
  6. To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
adjective
  1. That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
    The stifled attempt at reform led to further resentment.

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Hyphenation of stifled

sti-fled

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • stifled is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

stifled synonyms

Meaning smothered:

smothered, strangled, suppressed

Meaning :

hinder, restrain, suppress, throttle

Words that rhyme with stifled

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