stifling

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She exacts terrible penalties for the stifling, the inhibition, the deflection of normal instincts, fundamental impulses.

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  1. adjective Very hot or stuffy almost to the point of being suffocating.
  2. adjective Being of such a character or nature as to engender a feeling of stultification, repression, or suffocation: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling” (Annalyn Swan).

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  • She exacts terrible penalties for the stifling, the inhibition, the deflection of normal instincts, fundamental impulses. —  Poor Man's Rock
  • I couldn't understand why any 'human being' would go to an area so rank that it's stifling, and choose to urinate. —  JamaicaObserver.com | Lead Stories
  • Our time together's become stifling, and you've told me I'm too frivolous one too many times. —  Perfume Posse
  • It was stifling -- killing her! —  The History of David Grieve
  • The atmosphere was stifling, and Charmides sat as near the door as possible. —  Catharine Furze
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stifling:   stifle ·  stifled ·  stifles
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/ˈstaɪflɪŋ/
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