stifled
AdjectiveUS[stahy-fuhld]/ˈstaɪfəld/2 syllables
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Adjective (1)
- held in check with difficulty“a smothered cough”“a stifled yawn”“a strangled scream”“suppressed laughter”Synonyms: smotheredstrangledsuppressedOpposite uninhibitedSimilar inhibited
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Sti′fled adjective
Stifling.
The close and stifled study.— Nathaniel Hawthorne
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54