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Definition of stifling:
Synonyms:
airy, airflow, acrid, tropical, strange, current, suffocating, scorching, airless, strained, sulfurous, red-hot, curtailment, warm, acerb, virulent, burning, acid, blast, cramped, sensual, scalding, unsettling, close, blistering, crushing, tight, balmy, boiling, air, breathable, atmosphere, sulphurous, quelling, acerbic, unnatural, heavy, hot, open, dense, suppression, bitter, stuffy, vitriolic, airborne, breathless, caustic, sultry, uncomfortable, troubling, mild, inhibition, claustrophobic, breath.
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de-motivating (part of speech: verb)
- dampening,
- hindering,
- deterring,
- impeding,
- throttling,
- curbing,
- daunting,
- dissuading,
- hampering,
- paralyzing,
- disinclining,
- discouraging,
- frustrating,
- de-motivating,
- depressing,
- disheartening
Usage examples:
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She could almost smile at the recollection of herself stifling her sobs in her pillow, lest Jim should hear.
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There was something stifling to her senses in the fact of remaining between the four walls of a house.
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She felt that Rudyard despised her now a thousand times more than ever he had hinted at in that last stifling scene in Park Lane; and her spirit rebelled against it.