A strangled voice or cry sounds unclear because the throat muscles of the person speaking or crying are tight. In a strangled voice he said, `This place is going to be unthinkable without you.'. strangled cry/gasp/voice etc a cry or other sound that is suddenly stopped before it is finished
held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"