smothersome

comparative more smothersome · superlative most smothersome

1. Characterised or marked by smothering.

   She hated the smothersome dresses her mother chose; she had no clue what to say to the beaux who sidled up to her.

   2016, Sonya Hartnett, The Ghost's Child, page 45

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   He was a nice young man, a friendly sort and a gent, not smothersome as some are, but I told him I wasn't a settled person and usually after a couple of dates I scooted with the wind in my sails.

   2018, Angela Skelley, It's Wake-Up Time, page 380