Stifled

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Stifling. The close and stifled study. - Hawthorne.

Adj.

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stifled - held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" Synonyms: smothered, strangled, suppressed

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