smothered
Buried under blankets
Smothered means covered thickly or suffocated.
To smother someone is to kill them by cutting off air, often by covering the face.
Extended uses involve overwhelming coverage: smothered in kisses, smothered with attention.
In cooking, smothered means covered and cooked slowly under a heavy layer of ingredients: smothered pork chops, chicken smothered in onions and gravy.
Held back from expression
- stifledForcibly held in
- silencedRendered unable to speak
- quashedAnnulled or suppressed
- muffledMade quieter, less distinct
squelched · subdued · dampened · quelled · censored · inhibited · restrained · contained
Completely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
- bombardedAttacked with heavy fire
flooded · overcome · deluged · submerged · saturated · consumed · swallowed · drowned
Thickened meat drippings
- cheeseFermented milk solid
- onionsPungent layered cooking bulbs
- mushroomsSpore-bearing fruiting bodies
- chiliCapsicum pod or stew
peppers · sauce · topped · diner · hashbrowns · southern · country · Cajun
Warm and snug
- snugComfortably close-fitting
- warmthHeat you feel
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
- coddledExcessively sheltered or indulged
pampered · nestled · secure · embraced · sheltered · blanketed · bundled · cuddled
Kill by blocking air
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
- strangleConstrict the throat
- gaspSudden sharp breath
- breathlessLacking air, gasping
airless · suffocating · constrict · stifle · pant · wheeze · gasping · claustrophobic
repressed
Held back from expression
muffled · squelched · subdued · dampened · quelled · censored · inhibited · restrained · contained · checked
engulfed
Completely swallowed up
- inundatedOverwhelmed by quantity
- overpoweredExcessively dominant or conquered
- swampedOverwhelmed beyond capacity
bombarded · flooded · overcome · deluged · submerged · saturated · consumed · swallowed · drowned · buried
gravy
Thickened meat drippings
chili · peppers · sauce · topped · diner · hashbrowns · southern · country · Cajun · étouffée
cozy
Warm and snug
coddled · pampered · nestled · secure · embraced · sheltered · blanketed · bundled · cuddled · swaddled
asphyxiate
Kill by blocking air
breathless · airless · suffocating · constrict · stifle · pant · wheeze · gasping · claustrophobic · oppressive
- overgrownovergrown, tangled, weedy, wild, unkempt
- overprotectivehovering, helicopter parenting, mollycoddled, infantilized, bubble wrapped
- drowned outmuffled, overpowered, inaudible, blotted out, covered up
- diner lingoAdam and Eve, eighty-six, 86, cup of joe, moo juice
smotheredbreathing
Pulmonary gas exchange
unsmothered · ventilated · resuscitated · oxygenated · revived
smothereduninhibited
Free from self-censorship
liberated · free · independent · unrestrained · let go
- smothered pork chopsBraised cutlets in thick gravy
- Smothers BrothersSibling musical comedy team