smothered

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A form of smother — To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

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stifledstrangledsuppressedinhibitedcovered
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Meanings

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of smother

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveheld in check with difficulty

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stifledstrangledsuppressedinhibited

adjectivecompletely covered

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covered
Also see
inhibitedstifled

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

smothered. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothered

MLA

“smothered.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothered. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smothered,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smothered.

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