Synonyms of stymieing

stymieing

verb

present participle of stymie

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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