Synonyms of short-circuited

short-circuited

verb

past tense of short-circuit

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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