How to pronounce“suffocating”in English
IPA/ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/
Syllablessuf·fo·ca·ting
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Definitions of “suffocating”
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verb
present participle and gerund of suffocate
noun
Synonym of suffocation.
“Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings.”
Synonyms:suffocation
adjective
That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.
“It is difficult to conceive a state of society in which a sufficient number of disinterested and civilized and imaginative people would, even if given the chance, voluntarily undertake what would be to them the suffocating boredom of government.”