stifled

[StiĀ·fled]

Stifled is an adjective for anything that's been squashed or smothered. You might have a stifled ambition to be an astronaut that you never admitted to others.

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Stifling.

Adjective S.
held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"


imp. & p. p.
of Stifle

a.
Stifling.


Stifled

Sti"fled , a. Stifling.
The close and stifled study.

Stifling.

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Usage Examples

Health care comprises nearly 20 percent of our national economy, but outdated bureaucracy and red tape have stifled competition and raised costs. As a result, today more than 45 million are without any health coverage.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

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