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present participle of clog
Synonyms & Antonyms of clogging
1
to prevent passage through by filling with something
- the discovery that a ton of hair was clogging the drain in the tub
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2
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
- a court system clogged by frivolous suits
Synonyms for clogging
- cramping,
- embarrassing,
- encumbering,
- fettering,
- hampering,
- handcuffing,
- handicapping,
- hindering,
- hobbling,
- hog-tying,
- holding back,
- holding up,
- impeding,
- inhibiting,
- interfering (with),
- manacling,
- obstructing,
- shackling,
- short-circuiting,
- stymieing,
- trammeling
- (or trammelling),
- tying up
- (or tieing up)
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“Clogging.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clogging. Accessed 18 May. 2022.
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