1) Completely covered 2) Drenched in sauce 3) Held in check with difficulty 4) Inhibited 5) Stifled 6) Strangled 7) Suppressed Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/smothered
stifledadjective held in check with difficulty; `a smothered cough`; `a stifled yawn`; `a strangled scream`; `suppressed laughter` Found on https://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20974