Stifle [verb]

Definition of Stifle:

prevent, restrain

Synonyms of Stifle:

● Muzzle

● Suppress

● Smother

● Repress

● Suffocate

● Curb

● Squelch

● Strangle

● Silence

● Asphyxiate

● Stultify

● Muffle

● Stagnate

● Stop

● Choke

● Cork

● Hush

● Trammel

● Kill

● Squash

● Spike

● Gag

● Extinguish

● Check

● Black out

● Hush up

● Shut up

● Constipate

● Torpedo

● Burke

● Bring to screeching halt

● Choke back

● Clam up

● Clamp down

● Cover up

● Crack down

● Dry up

● Hold it down

● Put the lid on

● Sit on


Opposite/Antonyms of Stifle:

● Bear

● Help

● Start

● Begin

● Loose

● Allow

● Encourage

● Let go

● Free

● Persuade

● Create

● Assist

● Aid

● Release


Sentence/Example of Stifle:

As He knows so well where to hit us we must stifle our moans when He does so.

So hard it is, even for the most depraved, to stifle the last embers of the moral sense.

Chip made haste to stifle his mirth, in fear that she was going to cry.

Then, the moment I reached home, it seemed to me I should stifle were I to enter the house.

Because it seemed to me that we were all of us, all day long, endeavouring to stifle the voice.

There, I'm better—still, I really thought this time that I should stifle!

And if we stifle them are we really the better—the more moral sex?

Down there at Vernon, in my frigid room, I bit my pillow to stifle my cries.

At the thought of losing her he was obliged to bury his face in the pillow to stifle his cries.

Listening intently, he heard the sound of sobbing which she was endeavouring to stifle.