Synonyms of hobbled

hobbled 1 of 2

adjective

as in feeble

Related Words

• feeble
• debilitated
• disabled
• infirm
• maimed
• mutilated
• enfeebled
• weakened
• weak
• decrepit
• wasted
• frail
• paralyzed
• paralytic
• paraplegic
• incapacitated
• paretic
• impaired
• quadriplegic
• hemiplegic
• hamstrung

Dissimilar Words

• whole
• well
• able-bodied
• healthy
• robust
• sound
• fit
• hearty
• hale

hobbled

2 of 2

verb

past tense of hobble

1

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

we were hobbled by the snowstorm from getting out to do some Christmas shopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• impeded
• hindered
• embarrassed
• handicapped
• obstructed
• stymied
• shackled
• cramped
• blocked
• handcuffed
• inhibited
• delayed
• encumbered
• fettered
• short-circuited
• clogged
• manacled
• restrained
• tied up
• disrupted
• constrained
• trammeled
• hog-tied
• interfered (with)
• tied
• held back
• bound
• frustrated
• thwarted
• reined
• stifled
• tethered
• balked
• curbed
• checked
• gave a hard time
• held up
• cramped one's style
• chained
• leashed
• retarded
• retained
• choked
• confined
• braked
• barricaded
• mired
• strangled
• baffled
• arrested
• blockaded
• sabotaged
• derailed
• haltered
• bogged (down)
• smothered
• roadblocked
• suffocated
• stumped
• muzzled
• foiled
• repressed
• suppressed
• hemmed (in)
• hedged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helped
• aided
• assisted
• opened
• facilitated
• cleared
• released
• freed
• liberated
• untied
• loosened
• encouraged
• smoothed
• unplugged
• unstopped
• promoted
• unclogged
• made way
• furthered

2

as in limped

to walk while favoring one leg

I hobbled home with a twisted ankle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limped
• halted
• shuffled
• stumbled
• lurched
• staggered
• faltered
• tottered
• floundered
• shambled
• blundered
• wavered
• hitched
• wobbled
• teetered
• doddered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• strode
• sailed
• glided
• breezed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hobbled

Adjective

So, after playing more games than any other team the past couple years, the Dodgers may be a little hobbled going into their first-round bye. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Outside of a neutral site opener against Auburn, in which the Bears had a chance to win on the last play even with a hobbled DJ Lagway, Baylor has taken care of business and is 3-1 through four weeks. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026

Everybody except a hobbled Beast Mortos were sent crashing down to the floor. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026

Nikola Jokić put up another triple-double (25-13-11), and Anthony Edwards (knee) looked too hobbled to match. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026

Herro, who started Thursday’s second half in place of the hobbled Powell, has been primarily used as a starter since the start of the 2022-23 season but has played as a reserve in each of the last four games after returning from a rib injury. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026

How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025

And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together. — Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

Verb

Ukraine’s defenses have been hobbled in recent days by unexplained failures of the Starlink and Starshield satellite systems that are a crucial tool to protect civilians from incoming Russian missiles and drone attacks. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 22 Oct. 2026

Reagan hobbled to a seat in the Yellow Oval Room, started to sit down and fell the rest of the way, collapsing into his chair. — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026

Unfortunately for the Chargers, the offensive line is still severely hobbled. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026

Malachi Toney to injury tent Malachi Toney hobbled off the field midway through UM’s first drive of the second half. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026

The undertaking will also test the ability of the sprawling House Democrats to work together and avoid the chaotic divisions and disruptions that have hobbled Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

McGregor offers a welcome counterbalance as Brooke, whose general disposition emanates from her relationship with her father, even as it’s hobbled by troubles the script pinpoints with delicacy. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026

And Rice hobbled off the field after his first reception with an apparent hamstring injury and did not return. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026