Gagging

/ˈɡæɡɪŋ/

Synonyms for "gagging" (41 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (9)

Adjective(1 words)
academic silencing
Noun(6 words)

Strong matches (12)

Related words (20)

Noun(15 words)
Verb(2 words)
retchedstifle dissent

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries
comedy elementinformation controlinvoluntary actionphysiological responsepolitical controlreflex actionsilencingspeech restrictionstagecraft

More specific

12 entries
cloth gaggag orderinformation blackoutmouth gagnauseanauseatingpublication banretchingrunning gagspeech embargoverbal gagvisual gag

Collocations

12 entries
cloth gagcomedic gaggag ordergag reflexgagging provisionsgagging reflexinformation blackoutmouth gagpublication banrunning gagspeech embargovisual gag

Inflections

5 entries
gaggedgaggingsgagsmore gaggingmost gagging

Derivations

4 entries

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He was gagging uncontrollably from the pain.

Source: tatoeba (11778693)

She was restarted on L-DOPA later, in the middle of July, and this time the tongue-pulsions and gaggings were not evoked at all, but, on the contrary, a striking improvement occurred.

Source: wiktionary

Then the old scourge of dusk swooped down upon the warderless hoard. It is he who burns up the sky at night in long trails of yellow flame, who flies above houses in a whirlwind of shrieking wings and gagging smoke.

Source: wiktionary

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