Suffocating
['sʌfəketɪŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffocate
(-) a. & n. from Suffocate, v.
Typist: Wesley
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream that you are suffocating, denotes that you will experience deep sorrow and mortification at the conduct of some one you love. You should be careful of your health after this dream. See Smoke.
Editor: Solomon
Examples
- Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Roman science was stillborn, into a suffocating atmosphere of vile wealth and military oppression. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Now, if the skeleton up-stairs had taken that opportunity, for instance, of calling out 'Here I am, suffocating in the closet! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The sound came like a reproach, a scoff--like the sting of remorse in the soul--I gasped--the veins and muscles of my throat swelled, suffocating me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The place was intolerably dirty, and the smell of tobacco smoke perfectly suffocating. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- I saw them'--he stopped as though he were suffocating, and began again--'I saw them walking side by side, last night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Editor: Solomon