trammelled
Caught in nets
Trammelled means restricted or constrained, as if caught in a net.
The word comes from trammel, a type of fishing net or shackle.
Someone trammelled by bureaucracy or convention is hindered from moving freely: trammelled by outdated regulations, artistic vision trammelled by commercial pressures.
The spelling with double L is British; Americans write trammeled.
Forced into narrow limits
- confinedKept within bounds
- restrictedLimited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
- restrainedHeld under control
fettered · shackled · inhibited · curtailed · circumscribed · hemmed-in · boxed-in · bounded
constrained
Forced into narrow limits
- confinedKept within bounds
- restrictedLimited in scope
- limitedRestricted in extent
restrained · fettered · shackled · inhibited · curtailed · circumscribed · hemmed-in · boxed-in · bounded · penned
impeded
Obstructed or slowed
- obstructedBlocked from proceeding
- hamperedObstructed or restricted
- thwartedPrevented from succeeding
stymied · blocked · foiled · frustrated · checked · balked · delayed · slowed · stalled · hobbled
net
Final amount remaining
entangled · ensnared · enmeshed · snared · caught · tangled · knotted · lattice · interlaced · woven
trammelleduntrammelled
Free from restrictions
free · unfettered · liberated · unrestricted · unconstrained
trammelleduntrammelled
Free from restrictions
unhindered · unobstructed · unimpeded · mobile · fluid