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The definition of stifling is very uncomfortable or suffocating.

(adjective)

An example of something stifling is an outdoor temperature of 110 degrees.

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See stifling in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

so close as to be oppressive; suffocating

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stiflingly adverb

See stifling in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Very hot or stuffy almost to the point of being suffocating.
Being of such a character or nature as to engender a feeling of stultification, repression, or suffocation: “The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling” (Annalyn Swan).

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stiˈfling·ly adverb

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