suffocative

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

• 🇵🇹Adjetivo que descreve algo que causa dificuldade para respirar ou sensação de sufocamento; usado com pouca frequência no inglês moderno.

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.

   🇵🇹Sufocante

   Sinônimos: airlessclosemuggyoppressivesmotheringstiflingstuffysuffocating

   Antônimos: airyfreshventilated

• more suffocative comparative form
• most suffocative superlative form