Synonyms of short-circuited

short-circuited

verb

past tense of short-circuit

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of

for decades the maverick filmmaker was short-circuited by a chronic lack of funds

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hampered
• impeded
• hindered
• obstructed
• embarrassed
• handicapped
• delayed
• blocked
• inhibited
• stymied
• disrupted
• clogged
• hobbled
• interfered (with)
• encumbered
• tied up
• cramped
• constrained
• fettered
• trammelled
• restrained
• shackled
• trammeled
• handcuffed
• thwarted
• held back
• tied
• manacled
• bound
• frustrated
• hog-tied
• curbed
• reined
• stifled
• cramped one's style
• gave a hard time
• balked
• retained
• sabotaged
• derailed
• checked
• braked
• tethered
• held up
• retarded
• baffled
• strangled
• barricaded
• choked
• arrested
• chained
• confined
• mired
• blockaded
• roadblocked
• foiled
• bogged (down)
• leashed
• smothered
• stumped
• suffocated
• muzzled
• suppressed
• haltered
• repressed
• hemmed (in)
• hedged (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• helped
• facilitated
• aided
• opened
• assisted
• cleared
• freed
• released
• liberated
• unplugged
• untied
• loosened
• smoothed
• unclogged
• unstopped
• made way
• encouraged
• promoted
• furthered