Stifled has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Verb
1
simple past tense and past participle of stifle
Adjective
1
held in check with difficulty
"a smothered cough"
"a stifled yawn"
"a strangled scream"
"suppressed laughter"
2
That has been interrupted, suppressed etc
Example Sentences
"a smothered cough"
adjective
"a stifled yawn"
adjective
"a strangled scream"
adjective
"suppressed laughter"
adjective