stifling as a noun: - 1
as an adjective: - 1
stifling
noun
1 stifling
adjective
1 stifling
Characterized by oppressive heat and humidity:
— The stifling atmosphere.
synonyms: sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry.
Roget 382:
hot,
warm,
mild,
genial,
tepid,
lukewarm,
unfrozen;
thermal,
thermic;
calorific;
fervent,
fervid;
ardent;
aglow.
sunny,
torrid,
tropical,
estival†,
canicular†,
steamy;
close,
sultry,
stifling,
stuffy,
suffocating,
oppressive;
reeking
etc.
v.;
baking
etc.
384.
red hot,
white hot,
smoking hot,
burning
etc.
v..
hot,
piping hot;
like a furnace,
like an oven;
burning,
hot as fire,
hot as pepper;
hot enough to roast an ox,
hot enough to boil an egg.
fiery;
incandescent,
incalescent†;
candent†,
ebullient,
glowing,
smoking;
live;
on fire;
dazzling
etc.
v.;
in flames,
blazing,
in a blaze;
alight,
afire,
ablaze;
unquenched,
unextinguished†;
smoldering;
in a heat,
in a glow,
in a fever,
in a perspiration,
in a sweat;
sudorific†;
sweltering,
sweltered;
blood hot,
blood warm;
warm as a toast,
warm as wool.
volcanic,
plutonic,
igneous;
isothermal†,
isothermic†,
isotheral†.
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Polish: duszny
Moby thesaurus: airless, breathless, breezeless, choking, close, constrictive, contrary, counterproductive, crosswise, extinguishment, hindering, hindersome, humid, ill-ventilated, in the way, inhibiting, inhibitive, interrupting, interruptive, muggy, obstructing, obstructive, obstruent, occlusive, oppressive, overpowering, quashing, quenching, repressive, restrictive, smothering, smudgy, squashing, squelching, sticky, strangling, stuffy, suffocating, sultry, suppression, suppressive, troublesome, unbearable, unendurable, unvented, unventilated, windless ... show more.
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