Definition of suffocating Suffocating

/sʌˈfʌkejˌtɪŋ/ - [sufukeyting] - suf•fo•cat•ing

We found 5 definitions of suffocating from 4 different sources.

What does suffocating mean?

Adjective
suffocating - causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless"
		smothering, suffocative
		dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, breathless appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"