verklempt

Verklempt - choked with emotion (German verklemmt = emotionally inhibited in a convulsive way)
This is not FAKE Yiddish - unless you are one of the linguists who consider Yiddish a "fake", i.e. non-transformational language.

OY, vey. When that schmuck of a doctor told me I had cancer I got all verklempt.

by Jennifer Zeisz December 26, 2005

verklempt

Verklempt (adj) — choked with emotion (German verklemmt = emotionally inhibited in a convulsive way; stuck)farklempt, ferklemptToo emotional to talk. Ready to cry.

Whenever Linda would get upset, she would put her hand on her chest and say "I'm all verklempt" or "I'm a little verklempt"

by Paulinski February 2, 2008

verklempt

When u starting a business and u are choosing the name and call it a track name of your ex-boyfriend. That’s when u are VERKLEMPT

Hey , shall i call it Tsremli or Verklempt? Idk where i got these names from :)
Yesterday i was like : Var kle mapatiet , oh thats Verklempt

by Tochinoshin Kozalla June 1, 2019

verklempt

Overcome with emotion / gobsmacked
also spelled verklemmt

"Now I am strating To get Verklempt !!!" Says Barbra Streisand during her 1994 US tour

by C-Na Omid July 28, 2004

verklempt

Extremely emotional. On the verge of tears.

"I'm so verklempt. I am so upset over Andy Pettite leaving the Yankees that I must go out for a very unhealthy, fattening, expensive lunch."

by Fabiola October 12, 2005

verklempt

Choked with emotion - as though the throat were *clamped*. Often a result of schmaltz.

The movie's farewell scene left me feeling verklempt.

by Baruch Ben-David May 30, 2006

verklempt

being overcome with emotion, usually not of joy, but rather emotions that hurt. As an emotional heartache.

My neighbors house and mine are a total loss, the whole thing's left me so verklempt...

by Linda Savinski November 7, 2003