Synonyms of hobbling

hobbling

verb

present participle of hobble

1

as in hampering

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

we were hobbled by the snowstorm from getting out to do some Christmas shopping

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in limping

to walk while favoring one leg

I hobbled home with a twisted ankle

Synonyms & Similar Words

• limping
• halting
• shuffling
• stumbling
• faltering
• tottering
• shambling
• lurching
• staggering
• floundering
• blundering
• wavering
• wabbling
• hitching
• wobbling
• teetering
• doddering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• striding
• sailing
• gliding
• breezing