Word

stifle, v.
(stifled, stifles, stifling)
freq. cnt. 3

suppress in order to conceal or hide
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

muffle repress smother stifle strangle

sample sentences

"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a laugh"
"repress a cry of fear"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stifling stifler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

suppress, inhibit, bottle up

suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
<verb.change> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

dampen stifle

sample sentences

"Stifle your curiosity"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

suppress, inhibit, bottle up

hyponym

suffocate, choke

be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
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asphyxiate stifle suffocate

sample sentences

"The child suffocated under the pillow"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suffocative suffocation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

asphyxiation asphyxia asphyxiation

semantic pointers

hypernym

die, perish, pass away, go, expire, drop dead, croak, decease, exit, pass, kick the bucket, cash in one's chips, buy the farm, conk, give-up the ghost, pop off, choke, snuff it

hyponym

verb group

suffocate, smother, asphyxiate

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
<verb.contact>

asphyxiate choke stifle suffocate

sample sentences

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

verb frames

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

suffocative suffocation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

asphyxia asphyxiation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

obstruct, impede, occlude, obturate, jam, block, close up