choked

/ tʃəʊkt /

adjective

1. informal,  annoyed or disappointed

Example Sentences

"Our skies are being choked by wildfire smoke we didn't start and can't control," wrote Calvin Callahan, a Republican state representative from Wisconsin, in a letter dated early August.

From BBC

On Tuesday, Kimmel choked up as he told viewers it was "never my intention to make light of the murder of a young man".

From BBC

“Watching him get choked up when he started talking about the teammates — it was just a crazy feeling in that room,” pitcher Tyler Glasnow recounted from Thursday’s announcement.

From Los Angeles Times

“I’m not a very emotional person, but I felt myself getting choked up,” he said, “because it was really this one clarifying moment that this work is done.”

From Los Angeles Times

"He choked me and I passed out," she adds.

From BBC

Related Words

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