SMOTHER, SMOTHERED, SMOTHERING
ADJECTIVES
► SUFFOCATED smothered, overwhelmed → 1471 obs.
NOUNS
► SMOTHER a smothered or indistinct noise → 1904
► SMOTHERATION a smothering; suffocation → 1826
VERBS
► MOOR to smother; to crowd to suffocation → Bk1905 Eng. dial.
► OPPRESS to smother, to trample down, to crowd → 1382 obs.
► QUEASOM to smother, to choke, to stifle → 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► QUEAZEN ► QUEZZEN to smother, to choke, to stifle → 1561 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► SMOOR to undergo smothering → 1508 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– to smother, to stifle; to suffocate; to deprive of life by suffocation → 1535 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SMORE to suffocate; to smother → 725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► SMOULDER to smother, to suffocate → 1481 obs.
► SMUDDER to smother → 1839 Amer. dial.