stifling russian

• зажи́м

  clamp, clip, clamp fastener

  suppression, clampdown, stifling

  grip, clutch, clinch

• удуша́ющий

  suffocating, choking, asphyxiating

  stifling, oppressive, sweltering

• спёртый

  stuffy, close, stifling, stale

• душегу́бка

  gas van, mobile gas chamber

  unseaworthy boat, leaky old tub, canoe

  murderess, female killer

  torture chamber, stifling hole

• уду́шливый

  suffocating, choking, stifling, asphyxiating

• ду́шащий

  choking, stifling, suffocating

• глуша́щий

  muffling, deadening, drowning out, sound-absorbing

  stifling, suppressing, dulling, inhibiting

• затыка́ние

  plugging, stopping up, blocking up

  silencing, shutting up (someone), stifling (a discussion)

• души́вший

  choking, stifling, strangling, suffocating

• заглуша́вший

  muffling, deadening, sound-suppressing

  suppressing, drowning out, stifling

• зада́вливающий

  crushing, overwhelming, stifling, suppressing

Examples

• В комнате стояла страшная духота.

  The room was stiflingly hot.

• Обыдёнщина заедала его творческие планы.

  The dreariness of everyday life was stifling his creative plans.

• Удушающая жара не давала нам дышать весь день.

  The stifling heat kept us from breathing all day.

• Одурманивающая жара мешала думать.

  The stifling heat made it difficult to think.