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- [stahy-fuh l]
- /ˈstaɪ fəl/
- /ˈstaɪ.fl̩/
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- [stahy-fuh l]
- /ˈstaɪ fəl/
Definitions of stifled word
- verb with object stifled to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression. 1
- verb with object stifled to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn. 1
- verb with object stifled to kill by impeding respiration; smother. 1
- verb without object stifled to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere. 1
- verb without object stifled to become stifled or suffocated. 1
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Origin of stifled
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Old Norse stīfla to stop up, dam, akin to stīfr stiff
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Parts of speech for Stifled
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
stifled popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for stifled
adj stifled
- muffled — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
verb stifled
- concussed — If someone is concussed, they lose consciousness or feel sick or confused because they have been hit hard on the head.
- corked — (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- damped — Simple past tense and past participle of damp.
- debriefed — Simple past tense and past participle of debrief.
- etherized — Simple past tense and past participle of etherize.
Antonyms for stifled
verb stifled
- calcined — to convert into calx by heating or burning.
- evoked — Simple past tense and past participle of evoke.
- instigated — Simple past tense and past participle of instigate.
- loosed — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- woke — a simple past tense of wake1 .
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