stymied

[stahy-meed]

adjective

1. hindered, blocked, or thwarted.

   In this drama he plays a stymied professor of history who has never managed to become department head.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of stymie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of stymied¹

stymie ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

A report reveals additional ways fire crews were stymied in efforts to get enough water to fight the Palisades fire in January.

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It's a wearying cycle of failure from a team that's still stymied by its own weak psychology.

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Paramount wants to avoid piling on the debt, which is what stymied Zaslav’s efforts to build Warner into a streaming giant.

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Men’s ability to adapt to modernity is being stymied by propagandists and grifters, who persuade men to adopt anti-social behavior, because doing so is incredibly profitable.

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It didn’t help that another fire had broken out at the unit 4 reactor, and attempts to reach the fuel pools by helicopter that morning were once again stymied by radiation.

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Related Words

• blocked 
• interrupted