stultifying
adjective
- tending to stifle enthusiasm, initiative, or freedom of action
Wiktionary
adj
- Tending to stultify.
“Was it just me or did you find everyone in high school stultifying?”
“Indeed, the government’s stultifying response betrays an attitude reminiscent of the old mission vicar: only we know what’s really good for them (see Scullion above).”
verb
- present participle and gerund of stultify