suffocating


Meanings

  • deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
  • impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
    • "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
  • become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
    • "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
  • suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
  • be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
  • feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
    • "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
  • struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
  • causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat;
    • "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"


Scrabble Score: 20

suffocating is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word

suffocating is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary

suffocating is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary


Words With Friends Score: 24

suffocating is a valid Words With Friends word