WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| stifling adj | (oppressively stuffy) | verstikkend bn |
| | | benauwd bn |
| | It's stifling in here; open some windows, quick! |
| stifling adj | figurative (smothering, confining) (figuurlijk) | verstikkend bn |
| | He seems to find every intimate relationship too stifling. |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| stifle [sth]⇒ vtr | figurative (ideas, freedom: suppress) (figuurlijk) | smoren overg. ww |
| | | onderdrukken overg. ww |
| | The government's trying to stifle the democracy movement. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | (suffocate) (hitte) | iets verstikken overg. ww |
| | | iets doen stikken overg. ww+ww |
| | The murderer stifled his victim with a pillow. |
| stifle [sth] vtr | (yawn, emotion: hold back) | inhouden overg. ww |
| | | onderdrukken overg. ww |
| | Halfway through the sermon I began to stifle yawns. |
WordReference English-Dutch Dictionary © 2025:
Overeenkomende vermeldingen van de andere kant van het woordenboek
| Voornaamste vertalingen |
| de kop indrukken overg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (doen stoppen) (figurative) | stifle vtr |
| | | quell vtr |
| | | end vtr |
| de kop indrukken overg. uitdr. | figuurlijk (verhinderen) (figurative) | stifle vtr |
| | | thwart vtr |