stifling

«stifling» in Mova's school dictionary: very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (stifling)

meaning for a pupil

1) Stifling means very hot and airless, so that it is hard to breathe. tree →

2) It can also mean making you feel trapped or held back. tree →

sense in the lessons

in tales a room or day is stifling, heavy with heat, smoke or moaning

examples

• It was a stifling hot day. tree →
• The room was stifling, so we opened the window. tree →
• The air in the cave was stifling. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «stifling» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.