Suffocating (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 crowded bus was stifling, with no air conditioning to relieve the suffocating heat of the summer evening.
- She felt suffocating in the small, windowless apartment, desperate for a breath of fresh air.
- The dense smoke from the wildfires hung low in the valley, creating a suffocating cloud that made it hard to breathe.
- During the heatwave, the city became suffocating, with temperatures soaring and no cooling breeze to offer relief.
- Working in the factory without proper ventilation was suffocating, the hot air thick with the smell of chemicals.