Synonyms of manacling

manacling

verb

present participle of manacle

1

as in binding

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

manacled the prisoner to the wall

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in hampering

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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