Definition of stifle

"stifle" in the noun sense

1. stifle, knee

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped corresponds to the human knee

"stifle" in the verb sense

1. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress

suppress in order to conceal or hide

"smother a yawn"

"muffle one's anger"

"strangle a laugh"

"repress a cry of fear"

2. stifle, dampen

suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

"Stifle your curiosity"

3. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

4. suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate

be asphyxiated die from lack of oxygen

"The child suffocated under the pillow"

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Quotations for stifle

Without faith a man can do nothing. But faith can stifle all science. [ Amiel ]

No man can be so entirely evil as to stifle the last ray of light in his soul. [ Körner ]

The chain of habit coils itself around the heart like a serpent, to gnaw and stifle it. [ Hazlitt ]

In reality, there is perhaps no one of our natural passions so hard to subdue as pride. Disguise it, struggle with it, stifle it, mortify it as much as you please, it is still alive, and will every now and then peep out and show itself. [ Franklin ]

stifle in Scrabble®

The word stifle is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 9

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stifle in Words With Friends™

The word stifle is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters stifle:

FILETS
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Words containing the sequence stifle

Words that start with stifle (6 words)

Words that end with stifle (4 words)

Word Growth involving stifle

Shorter words in stifle

if

Longer words containing stifle

overstifle overstifled

overstifle overstifles

restifle restifled

restifle restifles

stifled overstifled

stifled restifled

stifled stifledly

stifled unstifled

stifler stiflers

stifles overstifles

stifles restifles

stifles unstifles

unstifle unstifled

unstifle unstifles