French English Dictionary

étouffer in English:

1. suffocatingly

English word "étouffer"(suffocatingly) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Idols" (William J. Locke)
Fiches du livre - "The Monster" (Edgar Saltus)
Fiches du livre - "Desert Dust" (Edwin L. Sabin)
Fiches du livre - "The Sheik A Novel" (E. M. Hull)
Fiches du livre - "The Title Market" (Emily Post)

2. muffling

The rooms in this hotel are really very bad at muffling sounds. I can hear my neighbor chewing his gum!

English word "étouffer"(muffling) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Wet Magic" (E. Nesbit)
Fiches du livre - "At Bay" (Mrs. Alexander)
Fiches du livre - "Poems" (Robert Bridges)
Fiches du livre - "The Slowcoach" (E. V. Lucas)
Fiches du livre - "Summer" (Dallas Lore Sharp)

3. hushing

English word "étouffer"(hushing) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Poems" (Sophia M. Almon)
Fiches du livre - "Poems" (Nora May French)
Fiches du livre - "Two Strangers" (Margaret Oliphant)
Fiches du livre - "A Daughter of the Morning" (Zon...
Fiches du livre - "The Medici Boots" (Pearl Norton...

4. stifle

she clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse

He was stifled by the smoke

stifle a laugh

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

thick smoke may stifle you in seconds; to stifle the creativity of students and teachers

to stifle dissent

When he fell over, I had to stifle a laugh.

I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger

Too many regulations stifle innovation

think most of what they say is hilarious and I’m not going to stifle in a

Why do you stifle me so by complaining?

She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.

English word "étouffer"(stifle) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Snare" (Richard R. Smith)
Fiches du livre - "A Prelude" (Francis Sherman)
Fiches du livre - "Sweet and Twenty A Comedy in On...
Fiches du livre - "Her Letter His Answer & Her Las...
Fiches du livre - "The Last of The De Mullins A Pl...

5. muffle

The sound was muffled by the door.

Her voice was muffled by the pillow in which she had hidden her face.

English word "étouffer"(muffle) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Poisoned Air" (Sterner St. Paul...
Fiches du livre - "Kitty’s Picnic and other Storie...
Fiches du livre - "Love Letters of a Rookie to Jul...
Fiches du livre - "The Forerunner His Parables and...
Fiches du livre - "'Wanted, A Young Lady' A Farce,...

6. snuffles

English word "étouffer"(snuffles) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewo...
Fiches du livre - "Margaret Mahaney Talks About Tu...
Fiches du livre - "Pop-Guns One Serious and One Fu...
Fiches du livre - "Atchoo! Sneezes from a Hilariou...
Fiches du livre - "The Motor Boys Under the Sea or...

7. smothering

They busted open Mexico's smothering monopolies.

English word "étouffer"(smothering) occurs in sets:

Fiches du livre - "The Three Sisters Night Watches...
Fiches du livre - "A Winter Nosegay Being Tales fo...
Fiches du livre - "The Magic Fishbone A Holiday Ro...