Smothering
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verb.
Present participle of
smother
.
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adjective.
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Word Usage
"•Now we know Tony is bad — as in smothering-poor-Larry-to-death bad — and wasn't that a fabulous final twist on 24 (Fox, 9 ET/PT)."
Equivalent
breathless
dyspneal
dyspneic
dyspnoeal
dyspnoeic
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
mothering
wuthering
verb-stem
smother