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
• clogged
• thwarted
• interfered (with)
• tied up
• encumbered
• shackled
• frustrated
• handcuffed
• constrained
• fettered
• restrained
• held back
• trammeled
• manacled
• hog-tied
• tied
• balked
• stifled
• bound
• curbed
• baffled
• reined
• gave a hard time
• held up
• cramped one's style
• checked
• retarded
• retained
• arrested
• tethered
• choked
• stumped
• mired
• sabotaged
• derailed
• barricaded
• roadblocked
• strangled
• leashed
• confined
• 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

Ukraine has mostly stymied Russia’s battlefield advance in recent months. — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026

While Brown's injury qualifies as bad, perhaps a bigger concern is the poor showing by Maye, who also was stymied by Seattle in the Super Bowl loss. — ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026

Last year in Brazil, Verstappen went from the pit lane to third place, stymied in the closing stages by Antonelli’s defense to cling on to second place. — Madeline Coleman, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Instead, that generation’s gesture seems to be stymied or to miss its target and end in bitterness—which is precisely what gives these artists’ work at its best a poignancy on the other side of its aggression and humor. — Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Trump is no longer stymied by the forces that held him back in his early days. — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026

Below, Forbes Coaches Council members share advice to help younger professionals prepare for changing opportunities without being stymied by uncertainty about what comes next. — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026

State investigators are pushing to open their own investigation but have been stymied by the feds’ refusal to fully cooperate. — Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 25 Aug. 2026

In Poland, however, Prime Minister Donald Tusk has lately been stymied in his reforms by a far-right president despite winning an election. — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Aug. 2026