All smother synonyms
smothΒ·er
S s verb smother
- anesthetize β to cause anesthesia in; give an anesthetic to
- control β Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
- despotize β To behave like a despot.
- blistered β a thin vesicle on the skin, containing watery matter or serum, as from a burn or other injury.
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- ease up β freedom from labor, pain, or physical annoyance; tranquil rest; comfort: to enjoy one's ease.
- cudgeled β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- hush up β to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
- muffle β to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
- clam up β If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
- balmed β simple past tense and past participle of balm.
- lavish β expended, bestowed, or occurring in profusion: lavish spending.
- anaesthetizing β Present participle of anaesthetize.
- compose β The things that something is composed of are its parts or members. The separate things that compose something are the parts or members that form it.
- contain β If something such as a box, bag, room, or place contains things, those things are inside it.
- nixing β nothing.
- garrote β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- choke β When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
- ko'd β a knockout in boxing.
- corked β (of a wine) tainted through having a cork containing excess tannin
- kos β a unit of land distance of various lengths from 1 to 3 miles (1.6 to 4.8 km).
- deaden β If something deadens a feeling or a sound, it makes it less strong or loud.
- anaesthetised β anesthetize.
- cudgeling β a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club.
- oppress β to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
- damping β moistening or wetting
- blow out β If you blow out a flame or a candle, you blow at it so that it stops burning.
- anesthetized β to render physically insensible, as by an anesthetic.
- garroted β a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
- coat β A coat is a piece of clothing with long sleeves which you wear over your other clothes when you go outside.
- gassing β an affecting, overcoming, or poisoning with gas or fumes.
- cork β Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
- blot out β If one thing blots out another thing, it is in front of the other thing and prevents it from being seen.
- etherize β Anesthetize (a person or animal) with ether.
- hold in β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- offing β the state or fact of being off.
- black out β If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
- anaesthetising β Present participle of anaesthetise.
noun smother
- fogginess β The characteristic or quality of being foggy.
- haziness β characterized by the presence of haze; misty: hazy weather.
- fog β a second growth of grass, as after mowing.
- woolpack β a coarse fabric, usually of jute, in which raw wool is packed for transport.
- cloud β A cloud is a mass of water vapour that floats in the sky. Clouds are usually white or grey in colour.