Antonyms for stifled

Grammar : Verb

Spell : stahy-fuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstaɪ fəl

Definition of stifled

Origin : late 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer "to stifle, smother," which may be from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1570s. Related: Stifled; stifling.

verb prevent, restrain

Example sentences :

Positively, there did seem to be a kind of stifled murmur, within!
Extract from : « The Paradise of Children » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

"It is ten minutes past the twelve," she answered in a stifled voice.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

Every spark of human feeling had evidently been stifled in him.
Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith

"It's—it's going to the wash," said a stiff and stifled voice.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

The stifled laughter of the other travellers showed me that I had won over my audience.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Its first war-cry was stifled back by the brutal and cowardly hand of Destiny.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

Even her weeping and her sobs were stifled by her clinging round him.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

He would have stifled the remembrance with a sigh, but man Is the slave of Memory.
Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli

Then Selina—she joined in and said it stifled her to live here.
Extract from : « Cleo The Magnificent » by Louis Zangwill

There was such a crowd in the streets that sixty people were stifled!
Extract from : « The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete » by Duc de Saint-Simon

Synonyms for stifled

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