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What is the adjective for smother?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb smother which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

smothery
  1. Tending to smother; stifling.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The dry feeling now left him for one that was hot and smothery, seemingly caused by having on too much clothing.”
      “Remember the smothery feather-beds, and the ice-cold pickled beets and pie 15 for breakfast?”
      “In a moment they were mere fantastic shadows galloping up the hill through the smothery gloom.”
smothered
  1. simple past tense and past participle of smother
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The smothered candle flickered for a moment before succumbing to darkness.”
      “The small room was smothered, leaving the occupants gasping for air.”
      “The smothered seedlings struggled to break through the thick layer of soil, unable to fully grow and develop.”
smothering
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