Synonyms for gagged
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : gag |
| Phonetic Transcription : gæg |
Top 10 synonyms for gagged Other synonyms for the word gagged
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for gagged
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