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Suffocative

Definition: Suffocative

Suffocative

Adjective

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".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Suffocative

Synonyms: choking (adj), smothering (adj), suffocating (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Suffocative

English words defined with "suffocative": angina. (references)

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Modern Translation: Suffocative

Language Translations for "suffocative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

erstickend (airless, asphyxiant, oppressive, smothering, stiffling, stifling, suffocating, sultry). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

uffocativesay

   

Vietnamese 

  

là m nghẹ thở. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Suffocative"

Words rhyming with "suffocative" (pronounced 'Suf"fo*ca*tive'): Abdicative, Abditive, Abirritative, Abjunctive, Abnegative, Abrogative, Absorptive, Abstractive, Accelerative, Accompletive, Accretive, Accumulative, Acervative, Acquisitive, Active, Adaptative, Additive, Adductive, Adjudicative, Administrative, Admirative, Admonitive, Adscriptive, Adumbrative, Affective, Affinitative, Affinitive, Afflictive, Afformative, Agglomerative, Agglutinative, Aggravative, Aggregative, Agitative, Alleviative, Alliterative, Altercative, Amalgamative, Amative, Ambulative, Ameliorative, Ampliative, Amplificative, Animative, Annihilative, Annotative, Annunciative, Anticipative, Aperitive, Appetitive. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Suffocative

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-f-f-i-o-s-t-u-v"

-2 letters: facetious, suffocate.

-3 letters: factious, outfaces.

-4 letters: acetous, actives, affects, avocets, castoff, coiffes, costive, coteaus, cutoffs, faucets, fauvist, octaves, offcast, offcuts, offices, outface, outvies, suffice, taffies, toffies.

-5 letters: active, acutes, affect, avocet, avoset, cavies, cestoi, civets, coatis, coiffe, coitus, costae, coteau, covets, cuesta, cuties, cutoff, evicts, facets, facies, fauces, faucet, fauves, fiasco, ficoes, fiesta, foetus.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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