The Clue
Oppressive (8 letter answer)
The Answer
STIFLING
Tags
Notes
The answer STIFLING is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
STIFLING as a noun:
1. (suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling) = forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
STIFLE as a verb:
1. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
2. (stifle, dampen) = smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
3. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke) = impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
4. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate) = be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
STIFLING as an adjective:
1. (sultry, stifling, sulfurous, sulphurous) = characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"