Smothering (Adjective)
Meaning
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".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- The smothering heat of the desert made it hard to breathe during the day.
- The room was filled with smothering smoke from the fire that had been burning for hours.
- The air was thick with smothering humidity that made every step feel like a struggle.
- The smothering atmosphere in the crowded elevator made her feel lightheaded.
- The smothering fog rolled in off the ocean, reducing visibility to almost zero.