Antonyms for gagging
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : gag |
Phonetic Transcription : gæg |
Definition of gagging
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
- Why then, Father John, not to tell you a lie, it is because you do be going on with your gagging at me so.
- Extract from : « The Macdermots of Ballycloran » by Anthony Trollope
- From this it will be seen that the art of gagging can hardly be considered to be modern.
- Extract from : « The Heritage of Dress » by Wilfred Mark Webb
- Then, somewhere in the crowd, I heard him choking and gagging.
- Extract from : « The Great Quest » by Charles Boardman Hawes
- By destroying the liberties of the people in gagging their representatives.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. II of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- This result they promote by gagging the patient with a stick.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 437, March 1852 » by Various
- There was no justification in my detaining you yesterday over the gagging of your valet.
- Extract from : « The Crime Club » by William Holt-White
- The master said that I was, and after the gagging and drugging it is very probable.
- Extract from : « My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum » by Herman Charles Merivale
- Stan was binding and gagging him when Arno came running to help him.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier in Italy » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
- Like a half-resuscitated man he did as he was told, gagging and coughing.
- Extract from : « Mortmain » by Arthur Cheny Train
- In that case, of course, the binding and gagging of the Jap was a blind.
- Extract from : « The Gray Phantom » by Herman Landon
Synonyms for gagging
- balk
- be nauseated
- bottle up
- choke
- constrain
- cork
- cork up
- curb
- deaden
- demur
- disgorge
- garrote
- gasp
- heave
- keep the lid on
- muffle
- muzzle
- nauseate
- obstruct
- pant
- puke
- put the lid on
- quiet
- repress
- restrain
- retch
- shut down
- shy
- sicken
- spew
- squash
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strain
- struggle
- stumble
- suppress
- tape up
- throttle
- throw up
- tongue-tie
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