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stifled
sti·fle 1 S0756700 (stī′fəl)tr.v. sti·fled, sti·fling, sti·fles 1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
[Middle English stifilen, alteration (influenced by Old Norse stīfla, to stop up) of stuffen, stuflen, to stifle, choke, drown, from Old French estoufer, of Germanic origin.]
sti′fler n.
sti·fle 2 S0756700 (stī′fəl)n. The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.
[Middle English, possibly from Old French estivel, pipe, leg, tibia, from Latin stīpes, stick.]Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | stifled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"smothered, strangled, suppressedinhibited - held back or restrained or prevented; "in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear" |
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Related to stifled: unperceivedSynonyms for stifledadj held in check with difficultySynonyms- smothered
- strangled
- suppressed
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