Antonyms for gagged

Grammar : Verb

Spell : gag

Phonetic Transcription : gæg

Definition of gagged

Origin : mid-15c., "to choke, strangle," possibly imitative or influenced by Old Norse gaghals "with head thrown back." The sense of "stop a person's mouth" is first attested c.1500. Related: Gagged; gagging.

verb silence, stop up
verb vomit, choke

Example sentences :

Nor had he spoken idly when he said the old man should be gagged.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

The Mercutian glanced back at his bound and gagged prisoners.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

Hilary would have laughed aloud his relief, but he was gagged.
Extract from : « Slaves of Mercury » by Nat Schachner

I was in Gaza, gagged and bound; the Philistines hemmed me in.
Extract from : « The Golden Age » by Kenneth Grahame

He looked round at the strangers, and felt like a wretch who was gagged and might say nothing.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

The papers had been gagged and blindfolded for the occasion.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

He gagged and choked as the stifling breath entered his lungs.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June, 1930 » by Various

Mrs. Austen, in spite of her facile digestion, gagged at it.
Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus

Even if he gagged her mouth her mind would still dodge and buffet him.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

So you were bound and gagged by bandits while in Italy, were you?
Extract from : « The New Pun Book » by Thomas A. Brown and Thomas Joseph Carey

Synonyms for gagged

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