Found 3 items, similar to Strangled.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: strangled
tercekik
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: strangled
strangled
adj : held in check with difficulty;
“a smothered cough”;
“a
stifled yawn”;
“a strangled scream”;
“suppressed
laughter” [syn:
smothered,
stifled,
suppressed]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Strangled
Strangle
\Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Strangled; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Strangling.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf.
Strain,
String.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
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Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.
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2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
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Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
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3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
“Strangle such thoughts.” --Shak.
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