stifled (adj.)
- arcane
- bated
- blurred
- cabalistic
- censored
- choked
- classified
- close
- closed
- concealed
- crushed
- cryptic
- dark
- dead
- deadened
- dull
- dulled
- enigmatic
- esoteric
- flat
- guttural
- harsh
- hawking
- hermetic
- hidden
- hoarse
- hush-hush
- inarticulate
- indistinct
- latent
- muffled
- muted
- muzzy
- mysterious
- nasal
- occult
- quashed
- quavering
- quelled
- repressed
- restricted
- secret
- shaking
- shaky
- smashed
- smothered
- snuffling
- softened
- squashed
- squelched
- strangled
- subdued
- suppressed
- thick
- throaty
- tremulous
- ulterior
- undisclosed
- unrevealed
- unspoken
- untellable
- untold
- unutterable
- unuttered
- velar