S: (v) smother, surround (envelop completely) "smother the meat in gravy"
S: (v) smother, asphyxiate, suffocate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing) "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
S: (v) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress (suppress in order to conceal or hide) "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
S: (v) inhibit, bottle up, suppress (consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior) "suppress a smile"; "he let his anger bottle up until he exploded"
S: (v) stifle, dampen (suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity) "Stifle your curiosity"
S: (v) smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress (suppress in order to conceal or hide) "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
S: (v) choke (check or slow down the action or effect of) "She choked her anger"
W: (n) smotherer [Related to: smother] (a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses) "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop"
W: (n) stifler [Related to: stifle] (a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses) "he is a real conversation stifler"; "I see from all the yawn smotherers that it is time to stop"
W: (n) stifling [Related to: stifle] (forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority) "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"