Synonyms of stymied

stymied

verb

past tense of stymie

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the raging blizzard stymied the rescuers' attempts to find the stranded mountain climbers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of stymied

Unfortunately, the big 20th-anniversary celebration likely stymied any conversations around cleaning house. — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 July 2026

Opponents point to research that found previous work requirement policies did not lead to more people getting jobs, and many people who lost coverage were either unaware of the rules or stymied by paperwork. — Julie Wernau, NPR, 31 July 2026

Getty and Shutterstock watched their defensive merger collapse after regulators stymied the deal, even as the stock-photo market was compressed toward a fraction of its former size. — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

With the national government endlessly stymied over the issue, local Washingtonians stepped in to form the private Washington National Memorial Society in 1833. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 27 July 2026

Republican lawmakers have proposed moving the naming duties out of the Attorney General’s Office to nonpartisan legislative analysts, but those efforts have so far been stymied by Democrats. — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Here was a team that played a beautiful, dominant style of soccer that enthralled the world and stymied opponents on its way to the World Cup final. — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

But patient access has been stymied for years by high prices, insurance restrictions and limited prescribing by doctors. — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 16 July 2026

The Oregon attorney general, Dan Rayfield, asked a court last week to pause the merger for 60 days, arguing that Paramount had stymied his investigation by failing to respond to document requests. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 13 July 2026