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stifle

Nouns

• (n) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee knee,

Verbs

• (v) conceal or hide
  • smother a yawn
  • muffle one's anger
  • strangle a yawn
  muffle, repress, strangle, smother,
• (v) smother or suppress
  • Stifle your curiosity
  dampen,
• (v) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  • The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
  asphyxiate, suffocate, choke,
• (v) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
  • The child suffocated under the pillow
  asphyxiate, suffocate,

Synonyms

muffle repress strangle smother knee dampen asphyxiate suffocate choke

Antonyms

stimulate excite

Words of close approximity