Nearby Words
gasped
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | draw breath in sharply |
| Synonyms: | blow, catch one's breath, choke, convulse, fight for breath, gulp, heave, inhale, inspire, pant, puff, respire, sniffle, snort, wheeze, whoop |
| Main Entry: | breathe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | take air in and let out |
| Synonyms: | draw in, exhale, expire, fan, gasp, gulp, inhale, insufflate, open the floodgates, pant, puff, respire, scent, sigh, sniff, snore, snort, use lungs, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | choke |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | smother, block |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, bar, check, clog, close, congest, constrict, dam, die, drown, fill, gag, garrote, gasp, gibbet, kill, noose, obstruct, occlude, overpower, retard, squeeze, stifle, stop, stopper, strangle, strangulate, stuff, stunt, suffocate, suppress, throttle, wring |
| Antonyms: | release, unblock, unconstrict |
| Main Entry: | croak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make husky, squawking noise |
| Synonyms: | caw, crow, gasp, grunt, quack, squawk, utter huskily, utter throatily, wheeze |
| Main Entry: | gag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | vomit, choke |
| Synonyms: | be nauseated, disgorge, gasp, heave, nauseate, pant, puke, retch, sicken, spew, strain, struggle, throw up |
| Main Entry: | huff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sigh, breathe out forcefully |
| Synonyms: | blow, expire, gasp, heave, pant, puff |
| Antonyms: | inhale |
| Main Entry: | inhale |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe in |
| Synonyms: | drag, draw in, gasp, inspire, insufflate, puff, pull, respire, smell, sniff, snort, suck in |
| Antonyms: | breathe out, exhale |
| Main Entry: | puff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | inhale or exhale air |
| Synonyms: | blow, breathe, distend, drag, draw, enlarge, fill, gasp, gulp, heave, huff, huff and puff, inflate, pant, pull at, pull on, smoke, suck, swell, wheeze, whiff |
| Main Entry: | sigh |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | breathe out heavily |
| Synonyms: | blow, complain, cry, exhale, gasp, grieve, groan, howl, lament, moan, murmur, pant, respire, roar, sob, sorrow, sough, suspire, wheeze, whine, whisper, whistle |
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