suffocative
suffocative · more suffocative · most suffocative
Tending or able to choke or stifleTending or able to choke or stifle.
/ˈsʌfəkətɪv/
Meaning
1 sensesTending or able to choke or stifle.
More definitions
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Origin
From suffocate + -ive.From suffocate + -ive.
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Forms
more suffocative, most suffocative| Comparative | more suffocative Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most suffocative Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat:smotheringsuffocatingchoking
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedsuffocate
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.