stifling

Definition of Stifling in English :

forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

Example Sentences:
'the suppression of heresy'
'the quelling of the rebellion'
'the stifling of all dissent'

characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

Example Sentences:
'the summer was sultry and oppressive'
'the stifling atmosphere'
'the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stifling

adjective

oppressively hot or stuffy

a stifling atmosphere

adjective

so close as to be oppressive; suffocating

adj.

1. Very hot or stuffy: The air was stifling in the closed room.

2. Inhibiting, stultifying, or oppressive: "The scholarly correctness of our age can be stifling" (Annalyn Swan).