trammeling
Catching in nets
Trammeling is restricting or hampering movement or freedom.
A trammel is a net or shackle—something that confines—so to trammel is to entangle or impede: Bureaucracy trammels innovation.
The word suggests being caught up in constraints that slow progress or limit action.
Also spelled trammelling.
Interfering with progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
- obstructingBlocking forward movement
- constrainingImposing limits upon
restricting · curbing · limiting · shackling · fettering · encumbering · inhibiting · suppressing
Preventing forward movement
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
- foilingDefeating an attempt
- frustratingCausing irritation, blocking progress
- balkingRefusing to proceed
blocking · defeating · derailing · undermining · sabotaging · impeding · counteracting · stifling
hampering
Interfering with progress
- impedingBlocking forward motion
- hinderingCreating obstacles to progress
- obstructingBlocking forward movement
constraining · restricting · curbing · limiting · shackling · fettering · encumbering · inhibiting · suppressing · confining
stymieing
Preventing forward movement
- thwartingObstructing intended outcomes
- foilingDefeating an attempt
- frustratingCausing irritation, blocking progress
balking · blocking · defeating · derailing · undermining · sabotaging · impeding · counteracting · stifling · quashing
trammelingfreeing
Releasing from confinement
liberating · releasing · unshackling · emancipating · unchaining
trammelingenabling
Making something feasible
facilitating · empowering · aiding · assisting · helping
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