The meaning of SUFFOCATING is tending or serving to suffocate or overpower : overwhelming. How to use suffocating in a sentence.

SUFFOCATING meaning: 1 : very unpleasant or uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air; 2 : used to describe something that makes it difficult to act freely

to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air. to overcome or extinguish; suppress. to become suffocated; stifle; smother. to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air.

suffocating adjective (PREVENTING) preventing something or someone from improving or developing in a positive way:

If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.

to hold back, stifle, or suppress (freedom, creativity, etc.): [no object] The students are suffocating from the rigid discipline. [~ + object] The rigid discipline is suffocating the children's creativity …

Definition of suffocating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen. 2. To impair the breathing of or cause...

The meaning of SUFFOCATE is to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation). How to use suffocate in a sentence.

When you suffocate, you struggle for breath, either because you’re being choked to death or because you’re in a stifling room. You can also suffocate in a figurative sense anytime …