Synonyms of shackling

shackling

verb

present participle of shackle

1

as in binding

to confine or restrain with or as if with chains

unwilling to shackle the dogs to the wall of the house

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in hampering

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

shackled by poverty and ignorance

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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