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past participle of choke.
past tense form of choke.

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Definitions

choked

ADJECTIVE

anxious

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

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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

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

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assured content indifferent peaceful tranqil unwilling

ADJECTIVE

congested

Synonyms

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crowded glutted gridlocked jammed overcrowded teeming

STRONG

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

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

Antonyms

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empty

WEAK

clear free open unblocked unclogged uncongested uncrowded

ADJECTIVE

insecure

Synonyms

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afraid anxious apprehensive hesitant shaky touchy troubled unsure uptight

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

Antonyms

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

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confident guarded protected safe secure sound

ADJECTIVE

neurotic

Synonyms

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compulsive distraught disturbed manic obsessive

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aberrant deviant hysteric psychoneurotic upset

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

Antonyms

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normal

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adjusted balanced sane stable

ADJECTIVE

smothered

Synonyms

STRONG

asphyxiated suffocated

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breathless

ADJECTIVE

strained

Synonyms

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constrained labored stiff tense tight uneasy

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embarrassed put wired wreck

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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

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calm comfortable easy easygoing laid-back loose relaxed slack

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genuine unforced

ADJECTIVE

tense

Synonyms

STRONGEST

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

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clutched concerned moved moving shot unnerved wired worried worrying wreck

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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

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happy untroubled

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limp limpid loose relaxed slack uncaring

Example Sentences

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But their interests quickly diverged after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz and choked off oil and gas supplies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 15, 2026

I tear up every time I talk about it; I’m getting choked up just writing about it.

From Slate • Jun. 14, 2026

Within days, Topanga Creek was choked with mud.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

OPEC+ ministers meet Sunday to weigh higher production quotas in a bid to cap oil prices that have surged since the Iran war effectively choked off Gulf crude shipments.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

They headed to the back; a terrible smell choked the air.

From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton

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