Synonyms of hog-tying

hog-tying

verb

present participle of hog-tie

as in impeding

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

their principals' inflexible demands virtually hog-tied the diplomats' efforts to negotiate a peace treaty

Synonyms & Similar Words

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• embarrassing
• obstructing
• handcuffing
• handicapping
• inhibiting
• shackling
• restraining
• clogging
• delaying
• fettering
• cramping
• hobbling
• disrupting
• encumbering
• trammelling
• short-circuiting
• trammeling
• stymieing
• constraining
• tying
• thwarting
• blocking
• tying up
• holding back
• reining
• binding
• strangling
• frustrating
• curbing
• cramping one's style
• manacling
• tieing up
• stifling
• interfering (with)
• arresting
• chaining
• balking
• braking
• tieing
• retarding
• checking
• giving a hard time
• barricading
• tethering
• retaining
• sabotaging
• confining
• choking
• leashing
• smothering
• holding up
• blockading
• baffling
• haltering
• suffocating
• roadblocking
• stumping
• muzzling
• derailing
• foiling
• miring
• repressing
• suppressing
• bogging (down)
• hemming (in)
• hedging (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• facilitating
• freeing
• opening
• liberating
• releasing
• unplugging
• untying
• unclogging
• loosening
• clearing
• promoting
• untieing
• unstopping
• encouraging
• smoothing
• making way
• furthering

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• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• facilitating
• freeing
• opening
• liberating
• releasing
• unplugging
• untying
• unclogging
• loosening
• clearing
• promoting
• untieing
• unstopping
• encouraging
• smoothing
• making way
• furthering

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