Meaning
stifling, suffocating
- making it difficult to breathe, intensely hot and humid
- oppressive or overly restrictive in an emotional or psychological sense
In a sentence
In questa stanza chiusa c'è un caldo soffocante.
In this closed room there is stifling heat.
Trovava soffocante l'atmosfera di quel piccolo ufficio.
She found the atmosphere of that small office suffocating.
L'aria non era soffocante stamattina prima del temporale?
Wasn't the air stifling this morning before the storm?
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| soffocante | masculine · singular |
| soffocante | feminine · singular |
| soffocanti | masculine · plural |
| soffocanti | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Ends in -e for both masculine and feminine singular, with plural in -i.
- Can describe weather, air, rooms, as well as relationships or environments.