Antonyms for stymied
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stahy-mee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstaɪ mi |
Definition of stymied
Origin :- 1834, (n.), "condition in which an opponent's golf ball blocks the hole," perhaps from Scottish stymie "person who sees poorly," from stime "the least bit" (c.1300), of uncertain origin (Icelandic cognate skima is attested from c.1685). The verb, in golf, is from 1857; general sense of "block, hinder, thwart" is from 1902.
- verb frustrate, hinder
- I had to admit I was stymied, and I got so I didn't give a whoop.
- Extract from : « Nine Men in Time » by Noel Miller Loomis
- Exman sends us ample warning of a disaster and we're stymied!
- Extract from : « Tom Swift and The Visitor from Planet X » by Victor Appleton
- Stan began to think they were stymied when all Hades broke loose from above.
- Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
- I stymied myself from the hut by a bush and looked over my shoulder for the best line of retreat.
- Extract from : « The Escaping Club » by A. J. Evans
- Bonaparte played eight, missed a putt for a nine, stymied himself in a ten, holed out in twelve and I went down in five.
- Extract from : « Mr. Munchausen » by John Kendrick Bangs
- Like Klarnood, stymied by verbal objections to something labeled 'political intervention.'
- Extract from : « Last Enemy » by Henry Beam Piper
Synonyms for stymied
- balk
- block
- choke off
- confound
- corner
- crab
- cramp
- cramp one's style
- crimp
- cut off
- dead-end
- defeat
- foil
- give the run around
- hang fire
- hang up
- hold off
- hold up
- impede
- mystify
- nonplus
- obstruct
- pigeonhole
- prevent
- put on back burner
- put on hold
- puzzle
- shelve
- snooker
- stall
- stonewall
- stump
- throw a monkey wrench into
- thwart
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