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adjective

variants or trammelled
as in hampered

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verb

variants or trammelled
past tense of trammel
1
as in bound
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains years after his death, she was still trammeled by inconsolable grief for her deceased husband

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2
as in impeded
to create difficulty for the work or activity of the new paperwork requirements will only trammel us and lower our productivity

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Recent Examples of trammeled
Verb
The Constitution and the law are only more to be revered because they are being trammeled. — Literary Hub, 26 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for trammeled
  1. encumbered
  2. bound
  3. hampered
  4. cramped
  5. tied
  6. impeded
  7. hindered
  8. obstructed
Adjective
  • Now Democrats have a chance to replace Platner with a new candidate—someone who is, perhaps, less encumbered—and redouble their efforts to flip Collins’s seat.
    — Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic, 9 July 2026
Definition of encumbered
Verb
  • Each payment was firmly bounded—to identifiable living victims or to development, awareness, and commemoration rather than compensation.
    — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Caleb Wilson bounded into the paint with the lack of abandon every rookie possesses, stretching his arms toward the rim in a desperate reach for the ball.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of bound
Verb
  • Along with declines at Showtime, the BET+ integration hampered total DTC growth by 6%.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 9 Nov. 2026
  • In October too, Ukraine’s ability to use Starshield, a military-grade version of Elon Musk’s Starlink service that is critical to its military operations, was hampered when speed limits were imposed on the satellite terminals.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2026
Definition of hampered
Adjective
  • Small and large bathrooms can feel cramped and cluttered if organized or designed the wrong way.
    — Asia London Palomba, The Spruce, 1 Nov. 2026
  • For him, the trick with the stomach being the setting for a majority of the movie was balancing the claustrophobic feeling of Jay’s plight with breaks from the cramped space.
    — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of cramped
Verb
  • Worth Girvan and Gaspar were virtually tied on election night Tuesday, but on Thursday Worth Girvan began pulling ahead as more mail-in ballots were counted.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Wear them around your neck, in your hair, or simply tied onto the handle of your bag.
    — Kate Donovan, Southern Living, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • Ukraine accused Washington of delaying the delivery of vital interceptor missiles and reported that a temporary disruption to the Starlink and Starshield satellite internet service impeded its ability to defend against Russian attacks.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2026
  • The rangers moved the man off the glacier and made multiple attempts to airlift the man off the mountain, but rescue efforts were impeded by inclement weather.
    — Tim Fang, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of impeded
Verb
  • Staff say that the sanctions have not hindered the court’s work, but this seems improbable.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 8 Nov. 2026
  • If anything, the faux pas helped rather than hindered Weathers in booking the job.
    — Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of hindered
Verb
  • The construction of Terminal B also partially obstructed air traffic controllers’ views of two taxiways.
    — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • The technology helps robots manipulate objects and navigate around obstacles using touch, including when visual information is unavailable or obstructed.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of obstructed

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“Trammeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trammeled. Accessed 14 Nov. 2026.

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