Stifled [verb]
Definition of Stifled:
prevent, restrain
Synonyms of Stifled:
● Muzzle
● Suppress
● Smother
● Repress
● Suffocate
● Curb
● Squelch
● Strangle
● Silence
● Asphyxiate
● Stultify
● Muffle
● Stagnate
● Stop
● Choke
● Cork
● Hush
● Trammel
● Kill
● Squash
● Spike
● Gag
● Extinguish
● Check
● Black out
● Hush up
● Shut up
● Constipate
● Torpedo
● Burke
● Bring to screeching halt
● Choke back
● Clam up
● Clamp down
● Cover up
● Crack down
● Dry up
● Hold it down
● Put the lid on
● Sit on
Opposite/Antonyms of Stifled:
● Bear
● Help
● Start
● Begin
● Loose
● Allow
● Encourage
● Let go
● Free
● Persuade
● Create
● Assist
● Aid
● Release
Sentence/Example of Stifled:
Positively, there did seem to be a kind of stifled murmur, within!
"It is ten minutes past the twelve," she answered in a stifled voice.
Every spark of human feeling had evidently been stifled in him.
"It's—it's going to the wash," said a stiff and stifled voice.
Its first war-cry was stifled back by the brutal and cowardly hand of Destiny.
The stifled laughter of the other travellers showed me that I had won over my audience.
Even her weeping and her sobs were stifled by her clinging round him.
He would have stifled the remembrance with a sigh, but man Is the slave of Memory.
Then Selina—she joined in and said it stifled her to live here.
There was such a crowd in the streets that sixty people were stifled!