Throat Sore Angry Noun Bre θrəʊt θroʊt Sob

• a sore throat
• a sob caught in his throat.
• he held the knife to her throat.
• their throats had been cut.

throat

1. a passage in the neck through which food and air pass on their way into the body; the front part of the neck
• a sore throat
• A sob caught in his throat.
• He held the knife to her throat.
• Their throats had been cut.
2. having the type of throat mentioned
• a deep-throated roar
• a blue-throated macaw
3. to be fighting or arguing with each other
4. to cough so that you can speak clearly
5. to do something that is likely to harm you, especially when you are angry and trying to harm somebody else
6. to try to force somebody to listen to and accept your opinions in a way that they find annoying
7. to lose your voice or be unable to speak clearly for a short time
8. to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional
9. to react very angrily to somebody
10. to be difficult or impossible to say
• She wanted to say how sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in her throat.
11. to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry

Extra Examples

• He felt a lump in his throat, and tears forming in his eyes.
• His throat constricted with fear when he saw the knife.
• I have a sore throat.
• I wanted to rip his throat out.
• She cleared her throat, then began to speak.
• She felt the cold water trickle down her throat.
• She seized her attacker by the throat.
• The chemical causes eye, nose and throat irritations.
• The medicine left a sour taste in the back of my throat.
• symptoms of a cold such as a runny nose and a scratchy sore throat

Word Origin

• Old English throte, throtu, of Germanic origin; related to German Drossel. Compare with throttle.