Suffocating Meaning
/ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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verbpresent participle and gerund of suffocate
nounSynonym of suffocation.
"Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings."— 1895 October 3, Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “How to Tell a Story”, in How to Tell a Story and Other Essays, New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, published 1898, →OCLC, page 6:
adjThat tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.
"It is difficult to conceive a state of society in which a sufficient number of disinterested and civilized and imaginative people would, even if given the chance, voluntarily undertake what would be to them the suffocating boredom of government."— 1427, Hesketh Pearson, The Life of Oscar Wilde, Penguin Books in Association with Methuen, page 165:
Sentence Examples
Why is it so suffocating to live in Modena?
This room's so small and hot that I'm suffocating.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The thick smoke created a ____ atmosphere that made breathing very difficult.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heat in the small and unventilated room was almost ____, making it very hard to breathe today.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The thick smoke created a ____ atmosphere that made breathing very difficult.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The heat in the small and unventilated room was almost ____, making it very hard to breathe today.