Definition of stymie in English:

stymie

verbstymieing, stymies, stymiedˈstʌɪmiˈstaɪmi

[with object]informal

Prevent or hinder the progress of.
the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments
Example sentencesExamples
- That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans' neighborhoods.
- Group-think stymies open-mindedness, promotes feelings of superiority, and leads to prejudice and violence against non-members.
- A third said the low prices helped stymie imports from places like India, China and Ukraine.
- German households can also stymie direct marketers by attaching ‘no advertising’ stickers to their mailboxes.
- A spouse who does not respond constructively to a Calderbank offer, whether a good offer as in this case or only one that is bad or indifferent, stymies whatever chance there is of settlement.
- But Mr Dempsey rejected the judge's claims that the Government had stymied the commission's work or had left the chairperson powerless.
- And the proposals to add those taxes back in will only stymie growth and make it less possible for us to not only get rid of these deficits, but to make Social Security and Medicare sustainable.
- An Elizabethan playwright - Shakespeare himself - is stymied by writer's block until he discovers his muse.
- And this core, this fundamental aggressive attack, stymies self-esteem development and an overall perception of self worth, no matter what.
- But by playing politics with this very important issue, they are stymieing the development of many provincial towns.
- In the Dark Ages, in Europe, while the Inquisition reigned, progress was stymied.
- Khan said his ‘only regret’ was that his commitment to contribute to the country has been stymied by the allegations.
- While supply problems have not crippled operations, they have stymied some units.
- The Senate, says Mr Howard's Chief of Staff, needs a shake-up because it's stymieing the Coalition's reform agenda.
- What stymies the people in poor countries, as a rule, is not a lack of aid.
- The system is also stymied by a reporting loophole.
- The lack of services stymies judges because even if they recommend therapy, there is nowhere to get it.
- This attitude stymies the acceptance of people with disability as valued community members and a healthier accommodation of disability in our own minds.
- Decriminalization of cocaine and heroin, for instance, would probably be stymied by this, whatever its merits might be in your own opinion.
- Numerous studies have shown that many kinds of cancer cells overproduce this caspase inhibitor, apparently to stymie the cellular-suicide program called apoptosis.
- He is confident the job will be completed by the end of the year, and even sooner had not the horrendous weather of recent months stymied their progress.
- I'm now working out smarter and harder, busting through strength plateaus that had stymied my progress for years.
- I only left an exam once when I was a law student, and it was at the point when I was genuinely stymied (in Conflict of Laws).
- Reliance on the official rate also stymies discussion of an expansive full-employment policy that would take into account the uncounted unemployed and the under employed as well.
- This is a company trying to sell into large corporates and the chief financial officers are putting a stymie on spending.
- He was strongly supported by local timber and mining workers, whose work was stymied by impassable roads and bridges leading to the timber and mining areas.
- Not that all those yard sales stymied Miller's confidence.
Synonyms
impede, interfere with, hamper, hinder, obstruct, inhibit, frustrate, thwart, foil, spoil, stall, shackle, fetter, stop, check, block, cripple, handicap, scotch
informal put paid to, put the kibosh on, snooker
British informal scupper, throw a spanner in the works of
North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of

Origin

Mid 19th century (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin.

Rhymes

blimey, gorblimey, grimy, limey, slimy, thymy

Definition of stymie in US English:

stymie

verbˈstīmēˈstaɪmi

[with object]informal

Prevent or hinder the progress of.
the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments
Example sentencesExamples
- A spouse who does not respond constructively to a Calderbank offer, whether a good offer as in this case or only one that is bad or indifferent, stymies whatever chance there is of settlement.
- This is a company trying to sell into large corporates and the chief financial officers are putting a stymie on spending.
- Khan said his ‘only regret’ was that his commitment to contribute to the country has been stymied by the allegations.
- I only left an exam once when I was a law student, and it was at the point when I was genuinely stymied (in Conflict of Laws).
- Group-think stymies open-mindedness, promotes feelings of superiority, and leads to prejudice and violence against non-members.
- But Mr Dempsey rejected the judge's claims that the Government had stymied the commission's work or had left the chairperson powerless.
- What stymies the people in poor countries, as a rule, is not a lack of aid.
- And the proposals to add those taxes back in will only stymie growth and make it less possible for us to not only get rid of these deficits, but to make Social Security and Medicare sustainable.
- In the Dark Ages, in Europe, while the Inquisition reigned, progress was stymied.
- Numerous studies have shown that many kinds of cancer cells overproduce this caspase inhibitor, apparently to stymie the cellular-suicide program called apoptosis.
- The lack of services stymies judges because even if they recommend therapy, there is nowhere to get it.
- I'm now working out smarter and harder, busting through strength plateaus that had stymied my progress for years.
- This attitude stymies the acceptance of people with disability as valued community members and a healthier accommodation of disability in our own minds.
- The Senate, says Mr Howard's Chief of Staff, needs a shake-up because it's stymieing the Coalition's reform agenda.
- He was strongly supported by local timber and mining workers, whose work was stymied by impassable roads and bridges leading to the timber and mining areas.
- An Elizabethan playwright - Shakespeare himself - is stymied by writer's block until he discovers his muse.
- While supply problems have not crippled operations, they have stymied some units.
- German households can also stymie direct marketers by attaching ‘no advertising’ stickers to their mailboxes.
- That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans' neighborhoods.
- A third said the low prices helped stymie imports from places like India, China and Ukraine.
- Reliance on the official rate also stymies discussion of an expansive full-employment policy that would take into account the uncounted unemployed and the under employed as well.
- The system is also stymied by a reporting loophole.
- And this core, this fundamental aggressive attack, stymies self-esteem development and an overall perception of self worth, no matter what.
- But by playing politics with this very important issue, they are stymieing the development of many provincial towns.
- Not that all those yard sales stymied Miller's confidence.
- Decriminalization of cocaine and heroin, for instance, would probably be stymied by this, whatever its merits might be in your own opinion.
- He is confident the job will be completed by the end of the year, and even sooner had not the horrendous weather of recent months stymied their progress.
Synonyms
impede, interfere with, hamper, hinder, obstruct, inhibit, frustrate, thwart, foil, spoil, stall, shackle, fetter, stop, check, block, cripple, handicap, scotch

Origin

Mid 19th century (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin.

单词	stymie
释义	Definition of stymie in English: stymie verbstymieing, stymies, stymiedˈstʌɪmiˈstaɪmi [with object]informal Prevent or hinder the progress of. the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments Example sentencesExamples That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans' neighborhoods. Group-think stymies open-mindedness, promotes feelings of superiority, and leads to prejudice and violence against non-members. A third said the low prices helped stymie imports from places like India, China and Ukraine. German households can also stymie direct marketers by attaching ‘no advertising’ stickers to their mailboxes. A spouse who does not respond constructively to a Calderbank offer, whether a good offer as in this case or only one that is bad or indifferent, stymies whatever chance there is of settlement. But Mr Dempsey rejected the judge's claims that the Government had stymied the commission's work or had left the chairperson powerless. And the proposals to add those taxes back in will only stymie growth and make it less possible for us to not only get rid of these deficits, but to make Social Security and Medicare sustainable. An Elizabethan playwright - Shakespeare himself - is stymied by writer's block until he discovers his muse. And this core, this fundamental aggressive attack, stymies self-esteem development and an overall perception of self worth, no matter what. But by playing politics with this very important issue, they are stymieing the development of many provincial towns. In the Dark Ages, in Europe, while the Inquisition reigned, progress was stymied. Khan said his ‘only regret’ was that his commitment to contribute to the country has been stymied by the allegations. While supply problems have not crippled operations, they have stymied some units. The Senate, says Mr Howard's Chief of Staff, needs a shake-up because it's stymieing the Coalition's reform agenda. What stymies the people in poor countries, as a rule, is not a lack of aid. The system is also stymied by a reporting loophole. The lack of services stymies judges because even if they recommend therapy, there is nowhere to get it. This attitude stymies the acceptance of people with disability as valued community members and a healthier accommodation of disability in our own minds. Decriminalization of cocaine and heroin, for instance, would probably be stymied by this, whatever its merits might be in your own opinion. Numerous studies have shown that many kinds of cancer cells overproduce this caspase inhibitor, apparently to stymie the cellular-suicide program called apoptosis. He is confident the job will be completed by the end of the year, and even sooner had not the horrendous weather of recent months stymied their progress. I'm now working out smarter and harder, busting through strength plateaus that had stymied my progress for years. I only left an exam once when I was a law student, and it was at the point when I was genuinely stymied (in Conflict of Laws). Reliance on the official rate also stymies discussion of an expansive full-employment policy that would take into account the uncounted unemployed and the under employed as well. This is a company trying to sell into large corporates and the chief financial officers are putting a stymie on spending. He was strongly supported by local timber and mining workers, whose work was stymied by impassable roads and bridges leading to the timber and mining areas. Not that all those yard sales stymied Miller's confidence. Synonyms impede, interfere with, hamper, hinder, obstruct, inhibit, frustrate, thwart, foil, spoil, stall, shackle, fetter, stop, check, block, cripple, handicap, scotch informal put paid to, put the kibosh on, snooker British informal scupper, throw a spanner in the works of North American informal throw a monkey wrench in the works of Origin Mid 19th century (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin. Rhymes blimey, gorblimey, grimy, limey, slimy, thymy Definition of stymie in US English: stymie verbˈstīmēˈstaɪmi [with object]informal Prevent or hinder the progress of. the changes must not be allowed to stymie new medical treatments Example sentencesExamples A spouse who does not respond constructively to a Calderbank offer, whether a good offer as in this case or only one that is bad or indifferent, stymies whatever chance there is of settlement. This is a company trying to sell into large corporates and the chief financial officers are putting a stymie on spending. Khan said his ‘only regret’ was that his commitment to contribute to the country has been stymied by the allegations. I only left an exam once when I was a law student, and it was at the point when I was genuinely stymied (in Conflict of Laws). Group-think stymies open-mindedness, promotes feelings of superiority, and leads to prejudice and violence against non-members. But Mr Dempsey rejected the judge's claims that the Government had stymied the commission's work or had left the chairperson powerless. What stymies the people in poor countries, as a rule, is not a lack of aid. And the proposals to add those taxes back in will only stymie growth and make it less possible for us to not only get rid of these deficits, but to make Social Security and Medicare sustainable. In the Dark Ages, in Europe, while the Inquisition reigned, progress was stymied. Numerous studies have shown that many kinds of cancer cells overproduce this caspase inhibitor, apparently to stymie the cellular-suicide program called apoptosis. The lack of services stymies judges because even if they recommend therapy, there is nowhere to get it. I'm now working out smarter and harder, busting through strength plateaus that had stymied my progress for years. This attitude stymies the acceptance of people with disability as valued community members and a healthier accommodation of disability in our own minds. The Senate, says Mr Howard's Chief of Staff, needs a shake-up because it's stymieing the Coalition's reform agenda. He was strongly supported by local timber and mining workers, whose work was stymied by impassable roads and bridges leading to the timber and mining areas. An Elizabethan playwright - Shakespeare himself - is stymied by writer's block until he discovers his muse. While supply problems have not crippled operations, they have stymied some units. German households can also stymie direct marketers by attaching ‘no advertising’ stickers to their mailboxes. That has delayed construction of levees around the city and stymied an ambitious project to improve drainage in New Orleans' neighborhoods. A third said the low prices helped stymie imports from places like India, China and Ukraine. Reliance on the official rate also stymies discussion of an expansive full-employment policy that would take into account the uncounted unemployed and the under employed as well. The system is also stymied by a reporting loophole. And this core, this fundamental aggressive attack, stymies self-esteem development and an overall perception of self worth, no matter what. But by playing politics with this very important issue, they are stymieing the development of many provincial towns. Not that all those yard sales stymied Miller's confidence. Decriminalization of cocaine and heroin, for instance, would probably be stymied by this, whatever its merits might be in your own opinion. He is confident the job will be completed by the end of the year, and even sooner had not the horrendous weather of recent months stymied their progress. Synonyms impede, interfere with, hamper, hinder, obstruct, inhibit, frustrate, thwart, foil, spoil, stall, shackle, fetter, stop, check, block, cripple, handicap, scotch Origin Mid 19th century (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin.
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