📖 Definitions of "Hampering"
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.
noun
- 1
That which hampers; an impediment.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hampering"
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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 | Something that prevents, hampers, or hinders. |
| bondverb | (transitive) To connect, secure or tie with a bond; to bind. |
| disadvantageverb | A weakness or undesirable characteristic; con; drawback. |
| trammelsnoun | a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner) |
| hindering | Harmful; that hinders. |
| blockingnoun | The act by which something is blocked; an obstruction. |
| slowingnoun | A deceleration; a slowing down. |
| underminingnoun | The act or process by which something is undermined. |
| disrupting | That disrupts; disruptive. |
| shrinkingnoun | The act of one who, or that which, shrinks; act of becoming smaller or moving timidly away. |
| waningnoun | Becoming weaker or smaller. |
| interferingnoun | interference |
| damaging | Causing damage; harmful, injurious. |
| constrainingnoun | The act by which something is constrained. |
| embarrassingnoun | Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness. |
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