The meaning of STIFLE is to withhold from circulation or expression. How to use stifle in a sentence.

STIFLING definition: 1. extremely hot and unpleasant: 2. preventing something from happening: 3. extremely hot and…. Learn more.

STIFLING definition: suffocating; oppressively close. See examples of stifling used in a sentence.

1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room. 2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan).

Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.

2 days ago · Adjective stifling (comparative more stifling, superlative most stifling) That stifles. The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.

This word can also be used as a noun to refer to the act of repressing or shutting something down, such as a dictator's stifling of popular protests. Either way, if something is stifling, it's preventing something …

Definition of stifling adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

STIFLING meaning: 1 : making it difficult to breathe very hot and humid; 2 : not allowing something to be done or expressed

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025 sti•fling (stī′ fling), adj. suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern.