📖 Definitions of "Hampered"
verb
- 1
To put into a hamper.
"Competition pigeons are hampered for the truck trip to the point of release where the race back starts."
verb
- 1
To put a hamper or fetter on; to shackle
- 2
To impede in motion or progress.
adjective
- 1
Impeded or encumbered as if chained or fettered
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hampered"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| shackleverb | (transitive) To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1, sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles. |
| halterverb | (transitive) To place a halter on. |
| trammelverb | (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle. |
| crampverb | (intransitive) (of a muscle) To contract painfully and uncontrollably. |
| hinderverb | (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate. |
| handicapverb | (transitive) To encumber with a handicap in any contest. |
| bondverb | (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. |
| disadvantageverb | (transitive) To place at a disadvantage. |
| trammelsnoun | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| blocked | Obstructed, so that through movement or flow is prevented or impeded. |
| encumbered | Weighted down, loaded sufficiently to make slow. |
| stifled | That has been interrupted, suppressed etc |
| disrupted | Subject to disruption. |
| reduced | Made smaller or less; having undergone reduction. |
| diminished | lessened, reduced |
| retarded | (colloquial, derogatory, offensive) Extremely stupid; obtuse |
| damaged | That has suffered damage. |
| weakened | Reduced; made less strong. |
| hamstrung | (figurative, nonstandard, dialectal) Restricted as if by being crippled with a hamstring; hamstringed. |
| hurtverb | (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury. |
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