Word: stifling
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: sti
fling
Definition: Present participle of stifle; smother or suppress
Morphemes:
Affix: stifle
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: An act or state of being stifled; smother or suppress
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 present participles of verbs.