enfettering

verb

present participle of enfetter
as in binding
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains enfettered by debt, she was in no position to take early retirement

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for enfettering
  1. binding
  2. tying
  3. hampering
Verb
  • There’s something oddly binding about being on a family phone plan.
    — Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN Money, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The binding constraint is not the employment agreement or the non-disparagement clause.
    — Sachin H. Jain, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of binding
Verb
  • Grantham’s own framing reaches for an even longer horizon, tying market excess to demographic collapse and resource scarcity.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Competitive Wordle Score The Bot and I each get 1 point for guessing in three and 0 for tying.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of tying
Verb
  • Gale-force winds were hampering aircraft from dumping water on the flames.
    — Mark Carlson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026
  • What our clients most cited as the biggest constraints hampering development and dealmaking is approval timelines and permitting, narrowly ahead of construction costs and zoning restrictions.
    — Lee Kiser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of hampering
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“Enfettering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/enfettering. Accessed 5 Aug. 2026.

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