adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stifling/sweltering/unbearably hot (= used about weather that is very hot and uncomfortable )
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The office gets unbearably hot in summer.
the searing/stifling/sweltering/scorching etc heat (= extreme heat )
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The desert is a place of scorching heat by day and bitter cold by night.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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It was stifling in there; I was glad to get out.
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It was difficult to work in the stifling heat of the warehouse.
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the city's stifling bureaucracy
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The heat in the narrow packed streets was stifling .
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The room was stifling hot.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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However, for the present, these characteristics are largely contained within the stifling constraints of the music industry's commodity forms.
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In summer Venice is crammed with tourists and the heat is often stifling , but autumn is perfect for a short break.
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Tempers frayed in the stifling atmosphere of blaring speakers and flashing lights.
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The dark red and damson robes were heavy and stifling and they could not possibly be what she was looking for.
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The people have the spirit to overthrow oppression, but their imagination can't yet cope with overturning their stifling bureaucracy.