What does smothering mean?

smothering means "causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat".

How many syllables are in smothering?

smothering has 3 syllables: smot-he-ring. The stress falls on "smot". In IPA it is /ˈsmʌðɚɪŋ/.

What is another word for smothering?

Close synonyms include suffocating, suffocative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is smothering a common word?

smothering is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

smothering — meaning, pronunciation and definition

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
“the choking June dust”
“the smothering soft voices”
“smothering heat”
“the room was suffocating--hot and airless”
Synonymssuffocating suffocative
Similarbreathless

Questions about smothering

What does smothering mean?: smothering means "causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat".
How many syllables are in smothering?: smothering has 3 syllables: smot-he-ring. The stress falls on "smot". In IPA it is /ˈsmʌðɚɪŋ/.
What is another word for smothering?: Close synonyms include suffocating, suffocative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is smothering a common word?: smothering is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for smothering come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

1 senseA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
“the choking June dust”
“the smothering soft voices”
“smothering heat”
“the room was suffocating--hot and airless”
Synonymssuffocating suffocative
Similarbreathless

Questions about smothering

What does smothering mean?: smothering means "causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat".
How many syllables are in smothering?: smothering has 3 syllables: smot-he-ring. The stress falls on "smot". In IPA it is /ˈsmʌðɚɪŋ/.
What is another word for smothering?: Close synonyms include suffocating, suffocative. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is smothering a common word?: smothering is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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