suffocating (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *suffocating*:
ADJECTIVE	all	suffocating, smothering, suffocative	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

suffocating > pronunciation
Sounds	sah'fahkey.tihng
Rhymes	abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng...

English > *suffocating*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
Example	"the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
Synonyms	smothering, suffocative
Broader	breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal	not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Spanish	agobiante, asfixiante, sofocador, sofocante
Catalan	asfixiant, sufocador, sufocant

HyperDic: suffocating