SUFFOCATIVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does suffocative mean? • SUFFOCATIVE (adjective)
The adjective SUFFOCATIVE has 1 sense:
1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Familiarity information: SUFFOCATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SUFFOCATIVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Synonyms:
smothering; suffocating; suffocative
Context examples:
the choking June dust / the smothering soft voices / smothering heat / the room was suffocating--hot and airless
Similar:
breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)
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