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What is another word for
shackling
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Verb
Present participle for to restrain or chain with shackles
Present participle for to restrict or hamper the progress or function of
Noun
The action of impeding a process or progress
Adjective
Serving, or causing something, to bind or fasten
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▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrain or chain with shackles
binding
fettering
chaining
manacling
handcuffing
securing
gyving
trammelling
trammeling
tying
cuffing
enfettering
enchaining
restraining
pinioning
tethering
hobbling
tying up
putting in irons
clapping in irons
putting in chains
hog-tying
tying down
tying someone's hands
holding captive
putting a straitjacket on
fastening
leashing
trussing
roping
lashing
chaining up
hitching
confining
strapping
constraining
fixing
immobilizing
US
holding
mooring
anchoring
immobilising
UK
pinning down
hogtying
hogtieing
bridling
enthralling
entrammeling
entrammelling
holding fast
lacing
enslaving
joining
girding
trapping
banding
harnessing
jailing
US
tightening
gaoling
UK
hitching up
putting a leash on
putting a lead on
cinching
entrapping
clapping
affixing
stringing
putting handcuffs on
pressing down
pinning
battening
picketing
trussing up
holding down
snaring
bending
tiing one's hands
clipping someone's wings
taping
fixing together
locking up
beslaving
indenturing
bethralling
imprisoning
capturing
incarcerating
immuring
connecting
selling into slavery
reducing to slavery
having on a tight leash
subjecting to forced labour
condemning to servitude
condemning to slavery
linking
knotting
coupling
rivetting
splicing
riveting
clinching
make fasting
binding up
bringing together
yoking
bonding
clamping
annexing
sticking
uniting
hooking
interconnecting
concatenating
clipping
bolting
hooking up
glueing
UK
gluing
US
appending
interlinking
welding
fusing
cementing
adding
catenating
compounding
conjugating
soldering
subjoining
screwing
pegging
hitching on
hooking on
sealing
pairing
bracketing
clasping
locking
buckling
adhering
wedding
cohering
entwining
tagging on
slapping on
putting together
tacking on
tacking
lassoing
bridging
conjoining
bundling
looping
tiing together
collaring
teaming
Velcroing
matching
inspanning
tagging
spanning
allying
clicking
consociating
interfacing
setting
joining up
catching
networking with
plugging into
melding with
coming together
cabling
tiing in with
joining up with
holding together
knitting
fastening together
unifying
fixing firmly
yoking together
knitting together
drawing together
pegging down
closing
nailing down
making firm
fastening down
battening down
boarding up
fastening securely
covering up
clamping down
nailing
prefixing
latching onto
more ❯
“When Jimmy came into the camp, Al had him
shackle
the prisoner to a tree.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to restrict or hamper the progress or function of
hampering
hindering
impeding
obstructing
inhibiting
encumbering
trammelling
trammeling
handicapping
cramping
restraining
stymieing
curbing
checking
hobbling
clogging
restricting
hamstringing
embarrassing
thwarting
constraining
limiting
confining
holding
interfering with
holding back
holding up
short-circuiting
fettering
handcuffing
manacling
blocking
hog-tying
retarding
tying up
frustrating
slowing down
baulking
UK
cumbering
foiling
balking
US
delaying
slowing
crippling
preventing
hanging up
bridling
barring
stalling
borking
stopping
interrupting
setting back
getting in the way
baffling
derailing
cramping one's style
throwing a spanner in the works
arresting
deterring
standing in the way of
getting in the way of
curtailing
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
stonewalling
interfering
entangling
crimping
binding
putting a brake on
forestalling
slowing up
tying
prohibiting
halting
repressing
detaining
scuppering
crabbing
shelving
withholding
debarring
weighing down
keeping back
putting off
giving a hard time
stifling
sabotaging
sandbagging
inconveniencing
leashing
burdening
disadvantaging
disrupting
suspending
averting
fazing
braking
opposing
chaining
choking
choking off
cutting off
tying down
bogging down
making late
dragging your feet
closing off
shutting down
shutting off
saddling with
weakening
entrammelling
entrammeling
straitening
circumscribing
controlling
discontinuing
regulating
constricting
moderating
putting straitjacket on
impairing
sidelining
throwing monkey wrench in
preventing from making progress
subduing
overloading
setting limits on
imposing limits on
tying someone's hands
suppressing
debilitating
postponing
petering out
standing off
incommoding
bottlenecking
putting a crimp in
neutralizing
US
muzzling
retardating
damming
rattling
discomfiting
freezing
discommoding
oppressing
bothering
charging
putting at a disadvantage
contravening
counteracting
resisting
neutralising
UK
smothering
placing at a disadvantage
deferring
protracting
pausing
disconcerting
hemming in
keeping within bounds
taking out
giving disadvantage
keeping waiting
putting out of commission
snookering
remitting
proroguing
reducing
making difficult
puzzling
defeating
intermitting
prolonging
interdicting
keeping
causing to wait
causing to stay
forbidding
screwing up
fouling up
shutting out
lousing up
boxing in
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
outlawing
spoiling
confounding
mystifying
stumping
putting back
bringing to screeching halt
holding off on
staving off
holding over
taking down
backing off
tiing one's hands
enjoining
warding
scotching
nonplussing
flummoxing
reining in
cornering
pigeonholing
upsetting
dead-ending
holding in
holding down
keeping in
putting paid to
stemming the flow of
putting on brakes
putting the kibosh on
hanging fire
holding off
putting on hold
giving the run around
putting on back burner
throwing a monkey wrench into
staying
throttling
obscuring
screening
complicating
monkeying with
warding off
heading off
precluding
intercepting
avoiding
obviating
blockading
fending off
nipping in the bud
circumventing
putting an end to
barricading
putting a stop to
defending against
guarding
stemming
closing
blocking off
plugging
ruining
countering
nullifying
evading
dashing
decelerating
breaking
banning
rebuffing
proscribing
deflecting
walling off
doing for
cutting short
stopping up
smashing
subverting
keeping at bay
turning aside
terminating
wrecking
containing
diverting
ending
defending
undermining
procrastinating
finishing
overturning
cooling
sealing
caulking
jamming
staunching
parrying
loading
forfending
stoppering
preempting
repulsing
pre-empting
circumnavigating
crushing
disallowing
undoing
lading
closing up
clogging up
skirting
sidestepping
anticipating
putting the stopper on
picking off
blocking up
filibustering
ruling out
breaking up
messing up
steering clear of
destroying
saddling
dissuading from
letting
fencing
walling
demolishing
shaking
devastating
helping
weighting
delimiting
marring
slackening
ceasing
estopping
quitting
shattering
lessening
eradicating
quashing
dropping
discouraging
lumbering
miring
nobbling
harming
repelling
closing out
overwhelming
overburdening
obliterating
freighting
annihilating
quieting
stuffing
squelching
checkmating
decimating
botching
straining
corking
packing
blocking out
turning off
bottling up
outwitting
disappointing
bunging
denying access
choking up
filling
plugging up
gagging
playing for time
mucking up
occluding
keeping lid on
breaking off
throwing cold water on
bunging up
bringing to a standstill
bringing to a close
shutting in
putting the mockers on
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
desisting from
leaving off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
heading off at pass
getting in before
cutting out
second-guessing
laying off
beating someone to the draw
getting ahead of
providing against
packing up
beating someone to the punch
knocking off
stealing a march on
packing in
bringing to an end
beating someone to it
giving over
refusing
excluding
sidetracking
straitjacketing
hanging on
resisting attack
holding the fort
finishing off
getting out of
suffocating
capping
escaping
bypassing
beating
catching
worrying
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
snagging
damaging
tethering
stultifying
making impossible
disturbing
affecting
making an end of
attacking
influencing
tampering
confusing
boycotting
blacklisting
commandeering
reining
dispatching
conflicting
troubling
staving
crashing
unsettling
juking
taking wind out of
ditching
keeping from happening
filling up
forefending
indisposing
incapacitating
ravaging
getting bogged down
swallowing
muffling
putting the damper on
holding at bay
eliminating
ostracizing
US
withdrawing
jamming up
stanching
fighting back
governing
intervening
renouncing
keeping off
standing in the way
disabling
annulling
threatening
preparing for
disempowering
invalidating
scuttling
choking back
taming
wasting time
quelling
abolishing
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
squashing
extinguishing
bollixing
killing
bringing to end
bringing to a halt
keeping in check
congesting
bottling
tempering
stunting
holding the line
aborting
buying time
pulling in
slackening pace
keeping under control
keeping a lid on
biting back
ostracising
UK
embargoing
making illegal
destabilizing
US
counterplotting
crossing
burying
blanking
breaking down
cutting in
taking away
intruding on
demoralizing
US
attenuating
forbidding to
bogging
employing delaying tactics
diminishing
decreasing
lagging
abating
heaping
cramming
brimming
emasculating
sapping
beating down
taking wind out of sails
upsetting the applecart
getting the better of
putting end to
causing setback
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
jam-packing
topping
backfilling
ramming
dragging through the mud
damming up
topping off
ramming in
filling in
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
cutting down
cutting back
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
poking full of holes
fortifying
letting up
kicking the can down the road
bolting
securing
locking
fastening
protecting
strengthening
latching
adjourning
rescheduling
damping
tabling
saving
mothballing
chillin
dampening
chilling
binding up
taping up
corking up
respiting
continuing
overtaxing
stressing
taxing
injuring
extending
lengthening
waiving
toppling
queering
blowing
overthrowing
putting on the back burner
setting aside
taking a rain check on
carrying over
putting on ice
holding in abeyance
putting in cold storage
putting over
laying on the table
laying over
giving rain check
vitiating
razing
wracking
unbuilding
skinning
impoverishing
crazing
bringing to a stop
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
winding up
closing down
pulling the plug on
working against
making a mess of
putting at risk
bringing down
canceling out
bringing to naught
raining on someone's parade
rendering ineffective
ballsing up
cancelling out
playing havoc with
blowing a hole in
more ❯
“A writer must never allow rules or format to
shackle
his ability to communicate.”
Noun
▲
The action of impeding a process or progress
inhibition
hindrance
impediment
obstacle
obstruction
deterrent
encumbrance
handicap
hurdle
trammel
fetter
cramp
restraint
drag
crimp
manacle
interference
barrier
chain
restriction
holdback
curb
check
baulk
UK
balk
US
shackles
snag
embarrassment
clog
let
constraint
drawback
hitch
discouragement
hazard
hampering
retardation
curbing
bridling
straitjacket
frustration
balking
US
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
hangup
stumbling block
holding back
block
bar
stop
limitation
brake
difficulty
burden
impedance
stoppage
prevention
damper
catch
disadvantage
rein
setback
cumber
stricture
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
complication
monkey wrench in the works
blockage
shackle
delay
hiccup
bridle
circumscription
problem
millstone
ball and chain
control
inconvenience
limit
interruption
holdup
facer
barricade
hamper
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
prohibition
detriment
curtailment
deterrence
albatross
baggage
determent
cumbrance
rub
wall
preclusion
suppression
weakness
issue
defect
ceiling
clampdown
blocking
embargo
load
bottleneck
preventive
retardant
lock
inhibitor
dead weight
glitch
retardment
condition
fetters
excess baggage
blockade
obviation
gridlock
joker
uphill
confinement
restrainer
wet blanket
millstone around your neck
hang-up
jam-up
disincentive
sticking point
preemption
bond
shortcoming
trouble
opposition
congestion
headache
checking
arrest
hobble
deadweight
slowing
psychological baggage
yoke
pitfall
defence
UK
handicapping
occlusion
millstone round someone's neck
defense
US
bonds
hold-up
chains
small difficulty
preventative
leash
circumvention
hardship
halt
interception
defensive measures
stumbling stone
roadblock
weary load
bump
railing
traverse
fence
buttress
booby trap
mountain to climb
sabotage
intervention
blank wall
stone in one's path
break
reverse
reversal
blow
chill
safeguard
ban
foot dragging
hold
cloud
depressant
deal-breaker
rebuff
whammy
harness
gloom
pall
weight
order
reduction
depression
cold water
flaw
maximum
fault
cap
impairment
threshold
disablement
disorder
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
red tape
extent
containment
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
plateau
repression
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
downside
disbenefit
minus
liability
negative
dilemma
misfortune
hassle
worry
nuisance
predicament
debit
strike
incommodity
pickle
adversity
quandary
cross to bear
weak spot
weak point
imperfection
deficiency
gotcha
plight
scrape
gimmick
upset
mishap
obligation
snafu
mess
bother
land mine
protection
strain
stress
thwarting
security
forestalling
grievance
precaution
failing
avoidance
ill
impasse
botheration
bug
negative aspect
perplexity
dispute
remedy
lack
downfall
worriment
can of worms
disputed point
disability
point at issue
puzzler
distress
precautionary measure
knot
disappointment
preventive measure
forestallment
knock
tight spot
defeat
protective measure
cross
concern
affliction
deterence
anxiety
bummer
con
vexation
challenge
puzzle
body blow
task
one in the eye
piece of bad luck
bit of trouble
reversal of fortune
thorn in one's side
kick in the teeth
knock-back
bone of contention
misery
woe
damp
consequence
demerit
deadlock
albatross around one's neck
dissuasion
commitment
complaint
tangle
bad
tribulation
palladium
pale
bind
pinch
prob
intimidation
penalty
cinchers
anchor
binders
shield
wait
demand
caution
flip side
case
privation
other side of the coin
retarding device
proscription
interdict
drain
pressure
afterdeal
spot
jinx
jam
detention
detainment
tie
imposition
tax
glass ceiling
protective
moratorium
veto
boycott
deterring factor
neutralizer
unseen problem
clot
Achilles heel
the rub
holding pattern
trap
matter
to-do
interdiction
bad news
disaster area
fail-safe
trick
millstone round one's neck
snare
evil
question
rahui
conundrum
ploy
dodge
wile
habit
count
squeeze
bugbear
doubt
crunch
disagreement
stopping up
mix-up
hot potato
thorn in the flesh
vexed question
question mark
gremlin
source of difficulty
hornets' nest
source of trouble
muddle
difficult situation
anticipatory measure
lapse
hot water
traffic jam
joker in the pack
blunder
regression
slowdown
backset
comedown
regress
bath
foil
bottom
slip
box
teething trouble
inefficacy
error
reverse of fortune
double whammy
drawing board
flip-flop
whole new ballgame
unfortunate development
about-face
onus
miscalculation
mistake
mischance
bafflement
duty
bitter pill
problems
stroke of bad luck
irritation
responsibility
charge
mental weight
blame
punishment
trial
unwanted responsibility
accountability
annoyance
disquiet
unease
grief
agitation
issues
strife
unpleasantness
turmoil
struggle
row
sorrow
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Serving, or causing something, to bind or fasten
tying
confining
restraining
restricting
tied
attached
fastened
binding
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