stifle

〜を息苦しくさせる,窒息させる

stifle の類語

smother, repress, choke, suffocate, strangle, suppress, subdue, muffle, asphyxiate, kill, throttle, inhibit, restrain, silence, contain, play down, dampen, hold down, hold back, jump on, check, damp, control, still, dog, out, close, bar, block, reduce, crowd, pack, cook, quiet, lay, burn, steam, lock, quell, chasten, stop up, keep down, put down, quench, keep under, moderate, close up, close off, quash, crush, sweat, smash, flame, spark, toast, squeeze, dull, bank the fire, bloom, sit on

stifle の反意語

stimulate

例文

• A faultless plan is stifling, isn't it?
  非の打ち所がない計画は、窮屈だなあ。
• A company that stifles innovation can't hope to grow very much.
  出る杭が打たれる会社じゃ、大きな成長は望めないね。
• Even before Reagan and the Supreme Court stifled it, OSHA was a farce.
  だが、レーガン政権と最高裁判所に潰される前でさえ、ＯＳＨＡは茶番であった。

関連語

stifler, stifling

stifle の言い換えを探すには

stifle（息苦しくさせる）の類語・言い換え（パラフレーズ）を、日本語訳つきで関連度順に並べています。英作文の語彙を増やしたいとき、長文読解で本文と選択肢の言い換えを見抜きたいときに使えます。