smothering
adjective
1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
Similar word(s): breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, suffocating, suffocative
noun
1. The act by which someone or something is smothered.
verb
1. present participle of smother