it was a stifling heat

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• stifling — [[t]sta͟ɪfəlɪŋ[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. Syn:… …   English dictionary

• stifling — sti|fling [ staıflıŋ ] adjective 1. ) heat or a room that is stifling is so hot that it is difficult for you to breathe: the stifling heat of a summer s day The hotel lobby was stifling. 2. ) air or a smell that is stifling makes it difficult for …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• stifling — UK [ˈstaɪf(ə)lɪŋ] / US adjective 1) heat or a room that is stifling is so hot that it is difficult for you to breathe the stifling heat of a midsummer s day The hotel lobby was stifling. 2) air or a smell that is stifling makes it difficult for… …   English dictionary

• heat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 being hot/level of temperature ADJECTIVE ▪ burning, fierce (esp. BrE), great, intense, searing, terrible, tremendous ▪ The soil is baked dry by the fierce …   Collocations dictionary

• heat — I n. warmth 1) to generate, produce; radiate heat 2) to alleviate the heat 3) blistering, extreme, great, intense, oppressive, scorching, stifling, sweltering, unbearable heat 4) dry; penetrating; radiant; red; white heat 5) animal; body heat 6)… …   Combinatory dictionary

• heat (the heat) — n American the police. A black street form of the early 1960s (using the image of heat as pres sure, oppression, something stifling) which was adopted by hippies. The heat s on the street! was a warning among black communities and white activists …   Contemporary slang

• stifling — I noun forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority the suppression of heresy the quelling of the rebellion the stifling of all dissent • Syn: ↑suppression, ↑crushing, ↑quelling …   Useful english dictionary

• stifling — adjective Describing something that stifles. The heat was stifling, it seemed hard to breath and the exertion rolling over on the bed seemed to much …   Wiktionary

• Night of the Big Heat (1967 film) — Night of the Big Heat Directed by Terence Fisher Produced by Tom Blakely Written by Jane Baker Pip Baker Starring Christopher Lee …   Wikipedia

• Night of the Big Heat — is a science fiction novel written in 1959 by John Lymington. It tells the story of an unnamed British island that is experiencing a bizarre and stifling heatwave. Plot summary The main characters are a former novelist named Richard Callum and… …   Wikipedia

• 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer — The 2010 Northern Hemisphere summer included severe heat waves that impacted most of the United States, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, China, Hong Kong, North Africa and the European continent as a whole, along with parts of Canada, Russia …   Wikipedia