Synonyms of gagged

gagged

verb

past tense of gag

1

as in vomited

to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth

the terrible smell of rotting fish made me gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• vomited
• hurled
• puked
• retched
• barfed
• ejected
• heaved
• upchucked
• spewed
• threw up
• spit up
• lost one's lunch
• regurgitated
• disgorged
• tossed one's cookies
• nauseated
• expelled

2

as in choked

to experience complete or partial blockage of the windpipe

took a bite that was too large and began to gag

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choked
• vomited
• suffocated
• heaved
• retched
• smothered
• threw up
• stifled
• asphyxiated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• breathed
• inspired
• expired
• respired

3

as in joked

to make jokes

the actor typically mugs and gags through his movies, but in his latest vehicle he plays it straight

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joked
• fooled
• quipped
• jested
• bantered
• chaffed
• teased
• funned
• kidded
• jollied
• ridiculed
• yukked
• jeered
• ragged
• amused
• japed
• joshed
• wisecracked
• mocked
• cracked wise
• hazed
• razzed
• gibed
• ribbed
• jived
• parodied
• entertained
• caricatured
• rallied
• satirized
• lampooned
• diverted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gagged

Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026

My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her. — Literary Hub, 3 June 2026

This Spanish detective thriller The Marked Woman follows a pair of police officers who are assigned the case of an amnesiac woman found bound and gagged in a shipping container at the Port of Barcelona. — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 27 May 2026

Victims of Harvey Weinstein have spoken in the past about being gagged by NDAs. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 May 2026

The thieves bound and gagged Mary Kay, per Gavenas, and stole $9,000 worth of different expensive items, including fur coats and jewelry. — Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026

In July 2013, Anderson and Walker were found bound, gagged, tortured and shot to death in Anderson’s home, according to police. — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026

Everyone is gagged, with their mouths agape and eyes darting around. — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

During Aguirre’s trial, prosecutors told jurors that the boy was routinely beaten, shot with a BB gun, forced to eat cat feces and sleep inside a small cabinet while gagged and bound. — City News Service, Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026