Causing obstruction; blocking up.
A consonant sound formed by obstructing the airway, causing turbulence; a plosive, fricative, or affricate.
Hypernym: consonant
Anything that obstructs, especially in the passages of the body.
That stifles.
The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.
The act by which something is stifled.