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plural of shackle
Synonyms & Antonyms of shackles
(Entry 1 of 2)
something that makes movement or progress difficult
- the shackles of illiteracy can be just as confining as leg irons
Synonyms for shackles
- balk,
- bar,
- block,
- chain,
- clog,
- cramp,
- crimp,
- deterrent,
- drag,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- fetter,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- stop,
- stumbling block,
- trammel
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shackles
verbpresent tense third-person singular of shackle
Synonyms & Antonyms of shackles (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains
- unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house
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2
to create difficulty for the work or activity of
- shackled by poverty and ignorance
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