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Synonyms for "smothering" in English

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smothering:
- suffocating; smothering; suffocative

English

Detailed Synonyms for smothering in English

smothering:

smothering adj

smothering

– causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat ¹
suffocating; smothering; suffocative
– causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat ¹
- suffocating adj
  - the room was suffocating--hot and airless¹
- smothering adj
  - the smothering soft voices¹
  - smothering heat¹
- suffocative adj

Alternate Synonyms for "smothering":

suffocating; suffocative; breathless; dyspneic; dyspnoeic; dyspneal; dyspnoeal

Related Definitions for "smothering":

causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat¹
- the smothering soft voices¹
- smothering heat¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University