English-Swedish translations for stifling

• kvav
• kvävande
  Vi har fortfarande en kvävande byråkrati.We are still having to put up with stifling bureaucracy.
  Hans enda intresse är att befria företagen från vad han anser vara en kvävande byråkrati.His only concern is to liberate businesses from what he considers to be stifling bureaucracy.
  Det har en särskilt kvävande effekt på investeringar i nätet och introduktionen av ny kapacitet.This has an especially stifling effect on investments in the grid and the introduction of new capacity.

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