Synonyms of short-circuiting

short-circuiting

verb

present participle of short-circuit

as in impeding

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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