Synonyms of trammeling

trammeling

verb

variants or trammelling

present participle of trammel

1

as in binding

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• binding
• confining
• pinioning
• hampering
• lashing
• fettering
• shackling
• enchaining
• enfettering
• handcuffing
• chaining
• gyving
• constraining
• manacling
• tieing
• tying
• limiting
• impeding
• restricting
• hobbling
• curbing
• attaching
• securing
• ironing
• hindering
• linking
• hog-tying
• trussing
• joining
• bitting
• tangling
• entangling
• fastening

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• freeing
• rescuing
• liberating
• releasing
• emancipating
• unfettering
• unshackling
• loosing
• undoing
• unbinding
• untangling
• untying
• detaching
• unfastening
• disengaging
• untieing

2

as in hindering

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

the new paperwork requirements will only trammel us and lower our productivity

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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