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[ adjective ] held in check with difficulty

Examples

"a smothered cough" "a stifled yawn" "a strangled scream" "suppressed laughter"

Used in print

(Ann Hebson, The Lattimer Legend....)

The thin legs twitched convulsively once , then Kate felt the little body stiffening in her arms and heard one strangled sound .

Related terms

inhibited

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