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Definition: Suffocating |
SuffocatingAdjective1. 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". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suffocating" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream that you are suffocating, denotes that you will experience deep sorrow and mortification at the conduct of some one you love. You should be careful of your health after this dream. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: SuffocatingSynonyms: choking (adj), smothering (adj), suffocative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Heat | Sunny, torrid, tropical, estival, canicular, steamy; close, sultry, stifling, stuffy, suffocating, oppressive; reeking. Verb: baking . |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suffocating |
| English words defined with "suffocating": Angina pectoris, asphyxiate ♦ choke, choking ♦ hydrochloric acid, hydrofluoric acid ♦ Smouldry, Stinkball, Stink-fire lance, strangling, strangulation, suffocate ♦ throttling. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suffocating": carbonyl chloride ♦ Heart ♦ Samiel Wind ♦ Winds. (references) |
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Screenplays | I wouldn't suck your lousy dick if I was suffocating and there was oxygen in your balls! (Female Trouble; writing credit: John Waters) | |
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Human Rights | Libya | Methods of torture reportedly include: Chaining to a wall for hours; clubbing; applying electric shock; applying corkscrews to the back; pouring lemon juice in open wounds; breaking fingers and allowing the joints to heal without medical care; suffocating with plastic bags; depriving of food and water; hanging by the wrists; suspending from a pole inserted between the knees and elbows; burning with cigarettes; attacking with dogs; and beating on the soles of the feet. (references) |
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| "Suffocating" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 74.76% of the time. "Suffocating" is used about 103 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 74.76% | 77 | 37,929 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 23.3% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.97% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 0.97% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 103 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
like much suffocating | 23 |
suffocating | 21 |
like lyrics much suffocating | 11 |
lyrics suffocating | 9 |
just like suffocating | 7 |
feel like suffocating | 4 |
like lyrics suffocating | 3 |
feel like lyrics suffocating | 2 |
song suffocating | 2 |
like suffocating | 2 |
just like lyrics suffocating | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "suffocating"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mbytës (choker, killing, muggy, overpowering, slaughterer, smothery, stuffy, suffocator, sultry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | خانق (choking, smothery, stifling, strangling, stuffiness, stuffy, throttling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | '息 (Asphyxiate, Asphyxiated, asphyxiating, Asphyxiation, smother, smothered, smothering, suffocate, Suffocated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | kvaelende gas (suffocating gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | verstikkend gas (suffocating gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | tukahduttava (oppressive, sultry, sweltering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | gaz suffocant (suffocating gas). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erstickend (airless, asphyxiant, oppressive, smothering, stiffling, stifling, suffocative, sultry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνικτικίσ, αποπνικτικόσ (choky, stifling, sultry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | menyesakkan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | soffocante (choking, stifling, sultry, sweltering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 息苦しい (choking, oppressive), 切ない (oppressive, painful, trying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せつない (oppressive, painful, trying), いきぐるしい (choking, oppressive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 질식. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | plooghaneagh (stifling, stuffy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | uffocatingsay abafado (airless, anxious, busy, choky, close, fuggy, fusty, stuffy, suffocant, sultry, thick). (various references) sufocant (airless, choking, sticky, stifling, stuffy, sultry), nãduşitor (stifling), asfixiant (asphyxiant, asphyxiating). (various references) задыхаться задыхающийся. (various references) zagušljiv (asphyxiant, fuggy, reeky, stuffy), koji guši (stifling). (various references) sofocante (close, frowsty, oppressive, smothery, stifling, suffocant, sultry). (various references) kvävande. (various references) bunaltıcı (close, depressive, mind-bending, muggy, oppressive, stuffy, stupefying, sweltering, sweltry), boğucu (asphyxiant, choking, choky, stifling, stuffy, sultry). (various references) що задиха"ться (choky), задушливий (airless, asphyxiant, choky, frowzy, fusty, muggy, smothery, suffocant). (various references) nghẹt thở, ngột ngạt (stifling). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suffocating": suffocatingly. (additional references) | |
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"Suffocating" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sufforating. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suffocating" (pronounced su"fukā'ting) |
| 7 | -f u k ā' t i ng | pontificating. |
| 6 | -u k ā' t i ng | advocating, allocating, authenticating, communicating, complicating, deprecating, domesticating, educating, equivocating, eradicating, indicating, intoxicating, lubricating, prognosticating, reallocating, reciprocating. |
| 5 | -k ā' t i ng | abdicating, adjudicating, confiscating, dedicating, duplicating, fabricating, implicating, locating, placating, replicating, syndicating. |
| 4 | -ā' t i ng | abbreviating, abrogating, accelerating, accentuating, accommodating, accumulating, activating, administrating, affiliating, aggravating, agitating, alienating, alleviating, alternating, anticipating, appreciating, appropriating, approximating, arbitrating, articulating, assassinating, assimilating, associating, automating, calculating, captivating, castigating, castrating, celebrating, chlorinating, circulating, coagulating, collaborating, commemorating, compensating, concentrating, congratulating, consolidating, consummating, contaminating, contemplating, cooperating, coordinating, corroborating, culminating, cultivating, debilitating, decaffeinating, decelerating, decimating, decorating, degenerating, delegating, deliberating, delineating, demonstrating, denigrating, depreciating, deregulating, designating, deteriorating, detonating, devastating, dictating, differentiating, discriminating, disintegrating, disseminating, dissipating, dominating, donating, elaborating, electroplating, elevating, eliminating, emanating, emigrating, emulating, encapsulating, enunciating, escalating, estimating, evacuating, evaluating, evaporating, exacerbating, exaggerating, exasperating, excavating, excoriating, excruciating, exhilarating, exonerating, extenuating, exterminating, extrapolating, facilitating, fascinating, fluctuating, formulating, frustrating, generating, graduating, gravitating, gyrating, hesitating, humiliating, hydrogenating, illuminating, illustrating, imitating, impersonating, inaugurating, incapacitating, incarcerating, incinerating, incorporating, incriminating, incubating, infatuating, infiltrating, infuriating, ingratiating, initiating, instigating, insulating, integrating, interrogating, intimidating, inundating, invalidating, investigating, invigorating, irritating, isolating, laminating, legislating, levitating, liberating, liquidating, litigating, mandating, manipulating, masturbating, mediating, meditating, migrating, misappropriating, mitigating, moderating, motivating, mutilating, nauseating, navigating, necessitating, negotiating, nitrating, nominating, nonoperating, obliterating, obviating, officiating, operating, orchestrating, originating, oscillating, overestimating, overstating, participating, penetrating, percolating, permeating, perpetrating, perpetuating, populating, precipitating, predominating, procrastinating, proliferating, promulgating, propagating, pulsating, radiating, reactivating, recalculating, recreating, recuperating, redecorating, reevaluating, regenerating, regulating, rehabilitating, reincorporating, reinvigorating, reiterating, rejuvenating, relegating, renegotiating, renovating, repatriating, repudiating, resonating, resuscitating, retaliating, reverberating, rotating, salivating, saturating, segregating, separating, simulating, speculating, stagnating, stimulating, stipulating, subordinating, tabulating, terminating, titillating, tolerating, underestimating, understating, undulating, urinating, vacillating, validating, ventilating. |
| 3 | -t i ng | abating, abducting, abetting, aborting, abutting, accenting, accepting, accosting, accounting, accrediting, acquitting, acting, adapting, addicting, adjusting, admitting, adopting, affecting, afflicting, airlifting, alerting, allotting, amounting, annotating, appointing, arresting, assaulting, asserting, assisting, attempting, attesting, attracting, attributing, auditing, augmenting, averting, awaiting, babysitting, backbiting, baiting, balloting, bankrupting, batting, beating, befitting, begetting, belting, benefiting, benefitting, berating, besetting, besting, betting, biting, bitting, blacklisting, blanketing, blasting, bloating, bloodletting, blunting, boasting, boating, bolting, boosting, booting, boycotting, breasting, broadcasting, budgeting, bullfighting, bunting, bursting, busting, butting, carpeting, carting, casting, catapulting, cavorting, cementing, chanting, charting, chatting, cheating, circumventing, citing, clotting, coasting, coating, coexisting, cohabiting, collecting, combating, combatting, comforting, commenting, committing, commuting, competing, complementing, completing, complimenting, composting, computing, concocting, conducting, conflicting, confronting, connecting, consenting, consisting, consorting, constituting, constricting, constructing, consulting, contacting, contesting, contracting, contradicting, contrasting, contributing, converting, convicting, copycatting, correcting, correlating, corrupting, costing, counteracting, Counterfeiting, counting, courting, crafting, crating, creating, crediting, cresting, cutting, darting, dating, daunting, debating, decanting, deducting, defaulting, defeating, defecting, deflating, deflecting, defrosting, deleting, delighting, delisting, denting, departing, depicting, depleting, deporting, depositing, deserting, destructing, detecting, detracting, devoting, dieting, digesting, diluting, directing, disappointing, disconcerting, disconnecting, discounting, discrediting, disgusting, disorienting, dispiriting, disputing, disquieting, disrespecting, disrupting, dissecting, dissenting, distorting, distracting, distributing, districting, diverting, divesting, documenting, doting, dotting, doubting, drafting, drifting, dusting, eating, editing, effecting, elating, electing, eliciting, emitting, enacting, enchanting, encrusting, enlisting, entrusting, equating, erecting, erupting, escorting, everlasting, evicting, exacting, exalting, excepting, exciting, executing, exempting, exerting, exhausting, exhibiting, exhorting, existing, exiting, expecting, expediting, experimenting, exploiting, exporting, extorting, extracting, extraditing, fainting, fasting, faulting, feasting, fermenting, ferreting, Fetting, fidgeting, fighting, fingerprinting, firefighting, fitting, flaunting, fleeting, flirting, flitting, floating, flouting, fomenting, footing, footnoting, forecasting, forfeiting, forgetting, fragmenting, fretting, fronting, frosting, fruiting, getting, gifting, glinting, gloating, grafting, granting, grating, greeting, gritting, grouting, grunting, gunfighting, gusting, gutting, hallucinating, halting, handwriting, harvesting, Hasting, hating, haunting, heating, highlighting, hinting, hitting, hoisting, homeporting, hosting, hunting, hurting, igniting, impacting, imparting, implanting, implementing, importing, imprinting, inciting, indicting, infecting, infighting, inflating, inflicting, ingesting, inhabiting, inheriting, inhibiting, injecting, innovating, inserting, insinuating, insisting, inspecting, instituting, instructing, insulting, interacting, intercepting, interdicting, interesting, interpreting, interrupting, intersecting, inventing, investing, inviting, jetting, jolting, jousting, jutting, kiting, knitting, lactating, lambasting, lamenting, lasting, letting, lifting, lighting, limiting, listing, looting, lusting, malting, manifesting, marketing, marting, mating, matting, meeting, melting, minting, misinterpreting, misrepresenting, misstating, mistreating, molesting, molting, moonlighting, mounting, mutating, muting, negating, neglecting, nesting, netting, nonbiting, nonsporting, nonvoting, noting, Nutting, objecting, obstructing, offsetting, omitting, opting, orbiting, ousting, Outfitting, outing, outwitting, overeating, overheating, overreacting, overshooting, painting, panting, parachuting, parenting, parting, pasting, patenting, patting, perfecting, permitting, persecuting, persisting, perverting, petting, picketing, piloting, pinpointing, pirating, pitting, planting, plating, plotting, plummeting, pocketing, pointing, polluting, porting, posting, pouting, predicting, preempting, preexisting, presenting, preventing, printing, profiting, prohibiting, projecting, promoting, prompting, prosecuting, prospecting, protecting, protesting, purporting, putting, quieting, quilting, quitting, quoting, rafting, ranting, ratcheting, rating, reacting, readjusting, reasserting, rebutting, recanting, recasting, reciting, recollecting, reconnecting, reconstituting, reconstructing, recounting, recruiting, redacting, redirecting, redistributing, redistricting, reelecting, refitting, reflecting, refuting, regretting, reigniting, reinstating, reinstituting, reinterpreting, reinventing, reinvesting, rejecting, relating, relenting, relocating, remarketing, renting, repainting, repeating, replanting, reporting, representing, reprinting, requesting, rerouting, resenting, resisting, resorting, respecting, restarting, restating, resting, restricting, resubmitting, resulting, resurrecting, retesting, retracting, retreating, retrofitting, reuniting, reverting, revisiting, revolting, rewriting, rioting, riveting, roasting, rocketing, rooting, rotting, rusting, salting, saluting, scapegoating, scouting, sculpting, seating, sedating, selecting, setting, shafting, sheeting, shifting, shooting, shoplifting, shorting, shouting, shunting, shutting, sifting, sighting, siting, sitting, skating, skirting, skyrocketing, skywriting, slanting, slighting, slitting, slotting, smarting, smelting, snorting, soliciting, somersaulting, songwriting, sorting, spitting, splitting, sporting, spotlighting, spotting, spouting, sprinting, sprouting, spurting, squatting, squinting, squirting, starting, stating, strutting, subcontracting, subjecting, submitting, substituting, subtracting, subverting, suggesting, superconducting, supplanting, supplementing, supporting, surmounting, suspecting, sweating, Sweeting, tainting, targeting, tasting, taunting, telecommuting, telemarketing, tempting, tenting, testing, thermosetting, thrusting, thwarting, ticketing, tilting, toasting, tormenting, toting, touting, translating, transmitting, transplanting, transporting, treating, trotting, trumpeting, trusting, twisting, typecasting, typesetting, Typewriting, undercutting, underreporting, underwriting, unexciting, uninteresting, uninviting, uniting, unrelenting, unremitting, unseating, unstinting, unsuspecting, unwitting, updating, uplifting, uprooting, upsetting, vacating, vaulting, venting, vesting, vetting, vibrating, violating, visiting, vomiting, voting, wafting, waiting, wanting, wasting, weighting, weightlifting, wetting, whiting, wildcatting, wilting, witting, wresting, writing, yachting. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-g-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: outfacing. | |
-3 letters: affusion, agnostic, auctions, cautions, coasting, coatings, factions, factious, focusing, outgains, scoffing, scouting, scuffing, staffing, stuffing. | |
-4 letters: acinous, actings, actions, agonist, agoutis, atonics, auction, autoing, casting, castoff, cations, causing, caution, coating, coffing, coffins, conatus, confits, congius, costing, cuffing, cutoffs, facings, faction, fasting, fugatos, fustian, gitanos, gnostic, goniffs, nougats, offcast, offcuts, offings, ousting. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-f-g-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+2 letters: suffocatingly. | |
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