HyperDic: smothering

English > 1 sense of the word smothering:
ADJECTIVEallsmothering, suffocating, suffocativecausing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
smothering > pronunciation
Soundssmah'dherihng
Rhymesabducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...
English > smothering: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningCausing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
Examples
  • "the smothering soft voices"
  • "smothering heat"
Synonymssuffocating, suffocative
Broaderbreathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoealnot breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Spanishagobiante, asfixiante, sofocador, sofocante
Catalanasfixiant, sufocador, sufocant

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