Stifling

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:15 pts8 letters

Definition of Stifling

verb

To interrupt or cut off.
To repress, keep in or hold back.
"The army stifled the rebellion."
To smother or suffocate.
"The heat was stifling the children."
To feel smothered etc.
"The heat felt stifling."
To die of suffocation.
"Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."

noun

The act by which something is stifled.

adjective

That stifles.
"The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much."

Anagrams of Stifling

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "stifling":

7-LETTER WORDS

filings fisting fliting lifting listing sifting silting tilings

6-LETTER WORDS

filing flings flints glints instil isling siting tiling

5-LETTER WORDS

finis fling flint flits gifts gilts glint intis lifts lings lints sigil sling sting tings

4-LETTER WORDS

figs fils fins fist fits flit gift gilt gins gist gits inti lift ling lins+4 more

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "stifling" and rearranging:

+rfirstling triflings

Related Word Patterns

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Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Rhyming Words

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