Synonyms of hog-tying

hog-tying

verb

present participle of hog-tie

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

their principals' inflexible demands virtually hog-tied the diplomats' efforts to negotiate a peace treaty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• embarrassing
• obstructing
• handicapping
• handcuffing
• inhibiting
• shackling
• restraining
• delaying
• clogging
• interfering (with)
• cramping
• stymieing
• fettering
• disrupting
• hobbling
• encumbering
• trammelling
• tying
• short-circuiting
• constraining
• tying up
• tieing up
• holding back
• tieing
• trammeling
• blocking
• thwarting
• binding
• reining
• curbing
• frustrating
• manacling
• cramping one's style
• strangling
• stifling
• giving a hard time
• checking
• arresting
• braking
• balking
• retarding
• leashing
• chaining
• retaining
• holding up
• barricading
• tethering
• choking
• confining
• sabotaging
• blockading
• smothering
• baffling
• haltering
• suffocating
• foiling
• bogging (down)
• stumping
• derailing
• roadblocking
• muzzling
• miring
• repressing
• hedging (in)
• suppressing
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• helping
• aiding
• facilitating
• opening
• freeing
• liberating
• releasing
• clearing
• unplugging
• unclogging
• loosening
• promoting
• untying
• unstopping
• making way
• smoothing
• encouraging
• untieing
• furthering