Synonyms of strangled

strangled 1 of 2

adjective

as in choked

Related Words

• choked
• strained
• cracked
• raucous
• strident
• dissonant
• screeching
• unmusical
• inharmonious
• squawking
• jarring
• scraping
• abrasive
• cacophonous
• scratching
• discordant
• unmelodious
• cawing
• hoarse
• guttural
• grinding
• rusty
• gravelly
• raspy
• rough
• throaty
• scratchy
• husky
• gruff
• gravel
• coarse
• growly
• growling
• grating
• croaky
• rasping
• croaking

Dissimilar Words

• sweet
• liquid
• gentle
• golden
• mellifluous
• soothing
• mellow
• soft
• tender
• smooth
• silken
• velvety
• satiny
• mellifluent
• gliding
• musical
• melodious
• melodic
• lyric
• lyrical
• euphonious

strangled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of strangle

1

as in drowned

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air

the gull got tangled in a piece of fishing line on the beach and was strangled

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choked
• drowned
• suffocated
• stifled
• smothered
• destroyed
• throttled
• asphyxiated
• garroted
• dispatched
• slew
• felled
• croaked
• did in

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• inspired
• breathed
• expired
• inhaled
• revived
• exhaled
• resuscitated

2

as in throttled

to keep (someone) from breathing by exerting pressure on the windpipe

the boy complained that he was being strangled by his tie

Synonyms & Similar Words

• choked
• throttled
• suffocated
• garroted
• asphyxiated
• stifled
• smothered
• scragged

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• restored
• revived
• resuscitated

3

as in stifled

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

strangled a gasp of surprise upon hearing the news

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stifled
• suppressed
• swallowed
• smothered
• repressed
• submerged
• contained
• controlled
• managed
• choked (back)
• held back
• sank
• pocketed
• governed
• curbed
• quashed
• checked
• muffled
• bridled
• quelled
• squelched
• bottled up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• expressed
• released
• took out
• unleashed
• loosed
• vented

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of strangled

Verb

In the first assault, Escudero locked a 16-year-old coworker in his car, then strangled, struck and raped her, according to the release. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 25 Sep. 2026

While on the phone with 911, Patrick entered the home and found that Lindsay had strangled the children. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2026

Clancy's defense does not dispute that the 36-year-old former delivery room nurse strangled her three children with exercise bands in January 2023. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026

His arrest report also states that Hunter strangled the woman with his knee while pinning her to the floor. — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

The board denied granting clemency to Stacey Humphreys, who was sentenced to death in 2007 for the 2003 killings of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown, who were strangled and then shot to death in the model home of a Powder Springs subdivision. — Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Matthew appeared to have been stabbed, strangled and had signs of trauma to her head. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Neither side disputed that Clancy strangled 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy in the family's home in 2023 before trying to end her own life. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

They were found dead in the family basement, having been gruesomely strangled one by one with exercise bands. — Richard E. Vatz, Baltimore Sun, 6 Sep. 2026