Word: stifling
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: sti
fling
Definition: That stifles; be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
Morphemes:
Affix: stifle
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To die of suffocation; the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
Etymology Compounds: Affix: stuffen
Language: enm
Decoded: stuffen
Meaning: to kill by suffocation; to stifle from heat; to extinguish, suppress ; to deprive a plant of the conditions necessary for growth, choke
Affix: -el-
Language: enm
Decoded: -el-
Meaning: derivational infix in verbs, often denoting diminutive, intensive, or repetitive actions or events
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form uncountable nouns from verbs denoting the act of doing something, an action.