suffocative

An adjective describing something that causes difficulty in breathing or a feeling of being smothered; now rarely used in modern English.

• 🇩🇪Adjektiv, das etwas beschreibt, das Atembeschwerden oder ein Erstickungsgefühl verursacht; im modernen Englisch selten verwendet.

1. Causing breathing difficulty C1 formal

   Describing an environment or condition that makes it hard to breathe, often due to lack of fresh air or excessive heat.

   • The room was suffocative, with no windows open and the heater on full blast.
   • The suffocative heat of the desert made travel nearly impossible.
   • He found the crowded subway car suffocative and had to get off at the next stop.

   🇩🇪Erstickend

   Synonyme: airlessclosemuggyoppressivesmotheringstiflingstuffysuffocating

   Antonyme: airyfreshventilated

• more suffocative comparative form
• most suffocative superlative form