suffocating
Meanings
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
- "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
- "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
- "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat;
- "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
Scrabble Score: 20
suffocating is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordsuffocating is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
suffocating is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 24
suffocating is a valid Words With Friends word