smothering

Other forms: smotheringly

Definitions of smothering
  1. adjective
    causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
    “the smothering soft voices”
    “smothering heat”
    synonyms: suffocating, suffocative
    breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic
    not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
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