Antonyms for hampering
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : ham-per |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæm pər |
Definition of hampering
Origin :- late 14c., hampren "to surround, imprison, confine," also "to pack in a container," of unknown origin, possibly from hamper (n.1), or somehow connected to Middle English hamelian "to maim." Related: Hampered; hampering.
- verb impede, restrict
- The very number of our assailants was in our favour, by hampering their sword-arms.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- She felt like a child who works its elbows to throw off some hampering annoyance.
- Extract from : « In Apple-Blossom Time » by Clara Louise Burnham
- Maggie, whose face was as white now as it had been crimson, clung to him, hampering him.
- Extract from : « Bob, Son of Battle » by Alfred Ollivant
- You know how hampering it is to one's enthusiasm to have to prepare a bushel of potatoes at once.
- Extract from : « Dear Enemy » by Jean Webster
- It is impossible to escape from the hampering influences of our infancy.
- Extract from : « The Beth Book » by Sarah Grand
- I want that she should be free to live her own life in her own way without me hampering her.
- Extract from : « Old Judge Priest » by Irvin S. Cobb
- The presence of his fellow-passengers was not so hampering as in England.
- Extract from : « Aaron's Rod » by D. H. Lawrence
- He began to understand that matrimony was hampering his freedom.
- Extract from : « We Can't Have Everything » by Rupert Hughes
- They take the place of those which gave a hampering and weakening effect.
- Extract from : « The Way of Initiation » by Rudolf Steiner
- You are hampering your future freedom by this step, and they know it.
- Extract from : « Lothair » by Benjamin Disraeli
Synonyms for hampering
- baffle
- balk
- bar
- bind
- block
- check
- clog
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- cumber
- curb
- drag one's feet
- embarrass
- encumber
- entangle
- fetter
- foil
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamstring
- handicap
- hang up
- hinder
- hobble
- hog-tie
- hold up
- inconvenience
- inhibit
- interfere with
- leash
- obstruct
- prevent
- restrain
- retard
- shackle
- slow down
- stymie
- thwart
- tie
- tie one's hands
- tie up
- trammel
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