stymied Antonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- short-circuited
- restrained
- constrained
- hobbled
- frustrated
- held-back
- shackled
- delayed
- trammelled
- fettered
- disrupted
- tied-up
- handcuffed
- inhibited
- blocked
- interfered-with-
- clogged
- handicapped
- thwarted
- cramped
- encumbered
Weak:
- choked
- hog-tied
- roadblocked
- strangled
- stumped
- mired
- haltered
- derailed
- bogged-down-
- reined
- cramped-one-s-style
- retained
- baffled
- balked
- repressed
- foiled
- chained
- gave-a-hard-time
- tethered
- curbed
- confined
- bound
- sabotaged
- retarded
- barricaded
- tied
- trammeled
- smothered
- muzzled
- checked
- suffocated
- blockaded
- leashed
- manacled
- arrested
- braked
- stifled
- held-up
Meaning of stymied
stymied
to present an obstacle to
stymied Sentence Examples
- The negotiations were stymied by the politicians' inability to reach a compromise.
- The puzzle stymied even the most experienced solvers.
- The athlete's injury stymied her progress towards the championship.
- The company's growth was stymied by a lack of investment.
- The investigation was stymied by the suspect's refusal to cooperate.
- The construction project was stymied by inclement weather.
- The student's learning was stymied by the teacher's ineffective teaching style.
- The team's success was stymied by recurring penalties.
- The diplomatic efforts were stymied by cultural misunderstandings.
- The inventor's breakthrough was stymied by technical limitations.
FAQs About the word stymied
to present an obstacle to
hindered,hampered, impeded, embarrassed, obstructed, short-circuited, restrained, constrained, hobbled, frustrated
opened, aided, assisted, cleared, facilitated,helped,released, untied, liberated, freed
The negotiations were stymied by the politicians' inability to reach a compromise.
The puzzle stymied even the most experienced solvers.
The athlete's injury stymied her progress towards the championship.
The company's growth was stymied by a lack of investment.
