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Synonyms for stifled
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
held in check with difficulty
A stifled yawn.
The true synonym
suppressed
Same sentence, swapped: A suppressed yawn.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for stifled as it is used in the sentence above.
- muted
- hoarse
- softened
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