English-Dutch translations for stifling

• verstikkend
  Wij hebben nog steeds een verstikkende bureaucratie. We are still having to put up with stifling bureaucracy.
  ACTA kweekt een cultuur van verstikkend toezicht en verdachtmaking. ACTA breeds a culture of stifling surveillance and imputation; the State is watching you.
  De heer Cassidy had het over innovatie en het verstikkende effect van de bureaucratie en vroeg wat wij daartegen doen. He talked about innovation and red tape stifling innovation and asked what was being done.

Definition of stifling

• That stifles
• The act by which something is stifled

Examples

• The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.

Related words

• stifle
• stifled
• stifling heat
• smother stifle