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hamperverb to create difficulty for the work or activity offallen branches hampered the hikers as they made their way along the narrow path clog, cramp, embarrass, encumber, fetter, handcuff, handicap, hinder, hobble, hog-tie, hold back, hold up, impede, inhibit, interfere (with), manacle, obstruct, shackle, short-circuit, stymie, tie up, trammel balk, check, constrain, curb, rein, restrainbind, chain, halter, leash, tether, tiearrest, brake, delay, retain, retardbarricade, block, blockade, roadblockbog (down), mirechoke, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocatebaffle, foil, frustrate, stump, thwartderail, disrupt, sabotagemuzzle, repress, suppressconfine, hedge (in), hem (in) cramp one's style, give a hard time aid, assist, facilitate, help clear, make way, open, unclog, unplug, unstopfree, liberate, release, untieloosen, smoothencourage, further, promote hamper, trammel, clog, fetter, shackle, manacle mean to hinder or impede in moving, progressing, or acting.hamper may imply the effect of any impeding or restraining influence.hampered the investigation by refusing to cooperate trammel suggests entangling by or confining within a net.rules that trammel the artist's creativity clog usually implies a slowing by something extraneous or encumbering.a court system clogged by frivolous suits fetter suggests a restraining so severe that freedom to move or progress is almost lost.a nation fettered by an antiquated class system shackle and manacle are stronger than fetter and suggest total loss of freedom.a mind shackled by stubborn prejudice a people manacled by tyranny in the 14th century |