Synonyms of short-circuiting

short-circuiting

verb

present participle of short-circuit

as in impeding

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

• impeding
• hampering
• hindering
• obstructing
• embarrassing
• inhibiting
• handicapping
• delaying
• clogging
• stymieing
• disrupting
• interfering (with)
• restraining
• blocking
• cramping
• handcuffing
• fettering
• constraining
• shackling
• encumbering
• thwarting
• trammelling
• hobbling
• hog-tying
• tieing up
• tying up
• holding back
• trammeling
• curbing
• frustrating
• stifling
• tying
• manacling
• retarding
• tieing
• checking
• binding
• braking
• cramping one's style
• giving a hard time
• retaining
• reining
• balking
• barricading
• sabotaging
• strangling
• chaining
• derailing
• arresting
• holding up
• baffling
• blockading
• choking
• tethering
• leashing
• confining
• smothering
• roadblocking
• bogging (down)
• miring
• suffocating
• stumping
• foiling
• muzzling
• repressing
• suppressing
• haltering
• hedging (in)
• hemming (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• facilitating
• assisting
• aiding
• helping
• opening
• clearing
• freeing
• releasing
• unplugging
• liberating
• unclogging
• loosening
• smoothing
• promoting
• unstopping
• encouraging
• furthering
• making way
• untying
• untieing