Definitions

choked

ADJECTIVE

anxious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid apprehensive careful concerned distressed fearful fidgety jittery nervous restless scared uneasy uptight

WEAK

aghast antsy basket case bugged butterflies clutched disquieted disturbed dreading fretful hacked hyper in a state in a tizzy in suspense jumpy nervy overwrought shaking shaky shivery shook-up shot to pieces solicitous spooked strung-out sweating bullets taut troubled unglued unquiet watchful wired worried sick wreck

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bold brave calm collected composed confident cool courageous happy inattentive quiet unafraid unconcerned unfearful unworried

WEAK

assured content indifferent peaceful tranqil unwilling

ADJECTIVE

congested

Synonyms

STRONGEST

crowded glutted gridlocked jammed overcrowded teeming

STRONG

closed crammed filled gorged massed mobbed obstructed occluded overfilled overflowing packed plugged stopped stoppered stuffed

WEAK

chock-full jam-full jam-packed packed like sardines stuffed-up up to the rafters

Antonyms

STRONGEST

empty

WEAK

clear free open unblocked unclogged uncongested uncrowded

ADJECTIVE

insecure

Synonyms

STRONGEST

afraid anxious apprehensive hesitant shaky touchy troubled unsure uptight

WEAK

Delphic diffident hanging by thread jumpy on thin ice questioning touch and go unassured unconfident unpoised up in the air vague

Antonyms

STRONGEST

at ease calm certain collected composed cool definite happy peaceful quiet sure unafraid unwavering unworried

WEAK

confident guarded protected safe secure sound

ADJECTIVE

neurotic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

compulsive distraught disturbed manic obsessive

STRONG

aberrant deviant hysteric psychoneurotic upset

WEAK

abnormal anxious basket case bundle of nerves clutched disordered disoriented erratic hung up inhibited nervous nervous wreck overwrought unhealthy unstable uptight wired

Antonyms

STRONG

normal

WEAK

adjusted balanced sane stable

ADJECTIVE

smothered

Synonyms

STRONG

asphyxiated suffocated

WEAK

breathless

ADJECTIVE

strained

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constrained labored stiff tense tight uneasy

STRONG

embarrassed put wired wreck

WEAK

artificial at end of rope awkward difficult false farfetched hard put in a state nervous wreck self-conscious strung-out taut uncomfortable unglued unnatural unrelaxed uptight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm comfortable easy easygoing laid-back loose relaxed slack

WEAK

genuine unforced

ADJECTIVE

tense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agitated anxious apprehensive edgy excited jittery nervous restive shaky strained stressful uneasy

STRONG

clutched concerned moved moving shot unnerved wired worried worrying wreck

WEAK

beside oneself bundle of nerves fidgety fluttery high-strung hung up hyper in a tizzy jumpy nerve-racking nervous wreck on edge overanxious overwrought queasy restless shot to pieces strung-out unquiet up the wall uptight white knuckled wound-up

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm composed easygoing laid-back unafraid unworried

STRONG

happy untroubled

WEAK

limp limpid loose relaxed slack uncaring

Example Sentences

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Choked by a smog of sulfuric acid and scorched by temperatures hot enough to melt lead, the surface of Venus is sure to be lifeless.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 14, 2023

I explored the act’s remarkable and inspiring history in my book Choked: Life and Breath in the Age of Air Pollution.

From Scientific American • Jul. 15, 2022

Page 123, leading into a review of Public Enemy: “Granted, Charlie Parker died laughing. Choked chicken wing perched over ’50s MTV.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2021

Choked up, the actress reaches off-screen for a tissue, pulls a $100 bill back into the frame and pretends to blow her nose in it.

From Fox News • Jun. 29, 2020

Choked with dread, I expected the nurse to lead me to an empty bed, her hands folded and her face shaped in careful sympathy.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

choked

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