stifling


stifling (http://definr.com/stifling)

     adj : characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer
           was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere";
           "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
           [syn: sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous]
     n : forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers";
         "quelling of the revolution" [syn: suppression, crushing,
          quelling]