Exact Match:
- stymie
- a thwarting and distressing situation
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
Related Words:
- annihilate,
- bereave of life,
- block,
- brake,
- carry away,
- carry off,
- chloroform,
- cut down,
- cut off,
- cut short,
- deadlock,
- deprive of life,
- destroy,
- dispatch,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- do for,
- do to death,
- end,
- execute,
- exterminate,
- finish,
- finish off,
- get rid of,
- halt,
- immolate,
- kill,
- launch into eternity,
- liquidate,
- lynch,
- make away with,
- martyr,
- martyrize,
- nip,
- poison,
- purge,
- put away,
- put down,
- put paid to,
- put to death,
- put to sleep,
- remove from life,
- sacrifice,
- slaughter,
- slay,
- slow down,
- stall,
- starve,
- stay,
- stop,
- stymie,
- take life,
- take off,
- to
- dilemma
collapse - state of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options related words >
- Aristotelian sorites,
- Goclenian sorites,
- Gordian knot,
- Scylla and Charybdis,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- bewilderment,
- bind,
- bother,
- box,
- catch-22,
- categorical syllogism,
- choice of Hercules,
- confoundment,
- confusion,
- corner,
- crux,
- deadlock,
- difficulty,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- disturbance,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- enthymeme,
- figure,
- fix,
- hole,
- impasse,
- jam,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- mode,
- modus tollens,
- mood,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- no choice,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonplus,
- only choice,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- paralogism,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plight,
- pons asinorum,
- poser,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- prosyllogism,
- pseudosyllogism,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quandary,
- riddle,
- rule,
- rule of deduction,
- scrape,
- snooker,
- sorites,
- spot,
- squeeze,
- stalemate,
- stew,
- stymie,
- syllogism,
- teaser,
- trouble,
- unassuredness,
- upset,
- vexed question
- deadlock
collapse
- a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible; "reached an impasse on the negotiations" related words >
- Tweedledum and Tweedledee,
- arrest,
- bell,
- blind alley,
- block,
- box,
- brake,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- cessation,
- check,
- checkmate,
- condition,
- corner,
- cul-de-sac,
- cut short,
- cutoff,
- dam,
- dead end,
- dead heat,
- dead set,
- dead stand,
- dead stop,
- dead-end street,
- dilemma,
- draw,
- draw rein,
- dying down,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- end,
- endgame,
- ending,
- even break,
- extremity,
- fair shake,
- final whistle,
- freeze,
- full stop,
- grinding halt,
- gun,
- halt,
- hole,
- impasse,
- knotted score,
- lock,
- lockout,
- neck-and-neck race,
- photo finish,
- plight,
- posture,
- predicament,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- quandary,
- sit-down strike,
- situation,
- slow down,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stand,
- stand-off,
- standoff,
- standstill,
- state,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stillstand,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stoppage,
- strike,
- stymie,
- subsidence,
- the same,
- tie,
- walkout,
- wane,
- waning,
- work stoppage
- abash,
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- baffle,
- balk,
- ball up,
- becloud,
- bedazzle,
- befuddle,
- bewilder,
- blast,
- bomb,
- bother,
- brave,
- bug,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- cloud,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crap out,
- cross,
- dash,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- deceive,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discombobulate,
- discomfit,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- dismay,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disrupt,
- disturb,
- draw a blank,
- drop a bomb,
- drop the ball,
- elude,
- embarrass,
- entangle,
- fan,
- flop,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- foil,
- fold,
- fold up,
- fox,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- fuss,
- get left,
- hoodwink,
- knock the chocks,
- lay an egg,
- lose out,
- maze,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muddle,
- mystify,
- nonplus,
- not hack it,
- not make it,
- perplex,
- perturb,
- pother,
- put out,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- rattle,
- ruffle,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- strike out,
- stump,
- stymie,
- take the count,
- throw into confusion,
- thwart,
- unsettle,
- upset,
- wash out,
- whiff
- thwart
collapse
- a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" related words >
- across,
- across the grain,
- annul,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- baffle,
- balk,
- beat,
- bench,
- bendwise,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brace,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- contrariwise,
- contravene,
- contrawise,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crossing,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- curb,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- diagonal,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- gum up,
- hinder,
- impede,
- invalidate,
- kittycorner,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- oblique,
- obliquely,
- obstruct,
- offset,
- oppose,
- overthwart,
- perplex,
- queer,
- restrain,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- short-circuit,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- slant,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- style,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- transversal,
- transverse,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- undo,
- upset,
- vitiate,
- void
- annul,
- anticipate,
- arrest,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- beat,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffalo,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- conquer,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cripple,
- cross,
- dash,
- deceive,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discourage,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- evade,
- exasperate,
- flummox,
- foil,
- forbid,
- forestall,
- get around,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go one better,
- halt,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hinder,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- interrupt,
- invalidate,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- lick,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- offset,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overcome,
- overreach,
- pass the buck,
- perplex,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- redress,
- repel,
- repulse,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwart,
- undo,
- upset,
- victimize,
- vitiate,
- void
- brake
collapse
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- cause to stop by applying the brakes; "brake the car before you go into a curve"
- stop travelling by applying a brake; "We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road" related words >
- arrest,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bar,
- bearing rein,
- bit,
- block,
- boscage,
- bosket,
- bring to,
- bring up short,
- canebrake,
- ceja,
- chain,
- chamisal,
- chaparral,
- check,
- checkmate,
- checkrein,
- chock,
- clip the wings,
- clog,
- constraint,
- control,
- coppice,
- copse,
- copsewood,
- countercheck,
- covert,
- curb,
- curb bit,
- cut short,
- dam,
- damper,
- deadlock,
- decelerate,
- delay,
- detain,
- doorstop,
- drag,
- drag sail,
- draw rein,
- drift anchor,
- drift sail,
- drogue,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- fetter,
- freeze,
- frith,
- halt,
- hold back,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- holdback,
- impede,
- keep back,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- martingale,
- moderate,
- motte,
- obstruct,
- pelham,
- pull up,
- put paid to,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- remora,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retard,
- scotch,
- sea anchor,
- set back,
- shackle,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- snaffle,
- spoke,
- stalemate,
- stall,
- stay,
- stem,
- stem the tide,
- stop,
- stop cold,
- stop dead,
- stop short,
- stymie,
- take in sail,
- thicket,
- thickset,
- throttle down,
- trammel
- arrest,
- arse,
- back,
- backside,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- beat off,
- behind,
- block,
- bog down,
- bottle up,
- bottom,
- brake,
- bridle,
- bum,
- burden,
- butt,
- check,
- clog,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- counter,
- countercheck,
- curb,
- curtail,
- dam,
- dam up,
- damp,
- dampen,
- decelerate,
- defer,
- delay,
- detain,
- deter,
- discourage,
- dompt,
- drag,
- drive back,
- encumber,
- enjoin,
- entrammel,
- fanny,
- fend,
- fend off,
- fetter,
- foil,
- forestall,
- frustrate,
- govern,
- guard,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- handicap,
- hind,
- hindmost,
- hog-tie,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold off,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- interfere with,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- keep,
- keep at bay,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep off,
- keep under control,
- lag,
- lay under restraint,
- lumber,
- make late,
- manacle,
- meddle,
- mire,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- oppose,
- parry,
- posterior,
- postpone,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- push back,
- put back,
- rear,
- rebuff,
- rein,
- rein in,
- repel,
- repress,
- repulse,
- resist,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retral,
- retrench,
- scotch,
- set back,
- shackle,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- snub,
- speed,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stop,
- straiten,
- stymie,
- suppress,
- thwart,
- tie down,
- trammel,
- turn aside,
- ward off,
- withhold
- abate,
- allay,
- alleviate,
- arrest,
- assuage,
- attemper,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bank the fire,
- block,
- blunt,
- bog down,
- boycott,
- brake,
- bridle,
- chasten,
- check,
- clip the wings,
- confine,
- constrain,
- contain,
- control,
- cool,
- cool off,
- curb,
- curtail,
- curtail expenses,
- cut back,
- cut corners,
- cut down,
- damp,
- dampen,
- de-emphasize,
- deaden,
- deadlock,
- decelerate,
- decrease,
- delay,
- detain,
- diminish,
- dompt,
- downplay,
- drag,
- draw rein,
- dull,
- ease,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enjoin,
- extenuate,
- go on strike,
- go out,
- govern,
- guard,
- halt,
- hang up,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold at bay,
- hold back,
- hold fast,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in leash,
- hold out,
- hold up,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep from,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep under control,
- keep within bounds,
- lag,
- lay,
- lay under restraint,
- lenify,
- lessen,
- let down,
- let up,
- let up on,
- lighten,
- lock out,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- make late,
- mire,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- modulate,
- obstruct,
- obtund,
- palliate,
- pare down expenses,
- picket,
- play down,
- prohibit,
- pull,
- pull in,
- qualify,
- reduce,
- reduce the temperature,
- reef,
- rein,
- rein in,
- relax,
- restrain,
- retard,
- retrench,
- revolt,
- roll back,
- set back,
- shut it down,
- sit down,
- slack,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow up,
- smother,
- snub,
- sober,
- sober down,
- soften,
- stall,
- stay,
- stifle,
- stop,
- straiten,
- strike,
- stymie,
- subdue,
- suppress,
- take a reef,
- take in sail,
- tame,
- temper,
- throttle down,
- tone down,
- tune down,
- unbend,
- underplay,
- unlax,
- unwind,
- walk out,
- weaken,
- withhold
- Gordian knot,
- abecedarian,
- addle,
- amaze,
- answer,
- answer conclusively,
- argue down,
- astonish,
- astound,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- bamboozle,
- beat,
- bewilderment,
- blast,
- boggle,
- bother,
- brave,
- bring up short,
- buffalo,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- confound,
- confoundment,
- confront,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- confute,
- contradict,
- contravene,
- controvert,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- crush,
- crux,
- dabbler,
- dash,
- daze,
- defeat,
- defy,
- demolish,
- deny,
- destroy,
- dilemma,
- dilettante,
- discomfit,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- dismay,
- dismiss,
- dispose of,
- disrupt,
- disturbance,
- dumbfound,
- elude,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- faze,
- finish,
- fix,
- floor,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- foil,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- get,
- jam,
- keep in suspense,
- knock the chocks,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- lick,
- maze,
- muddle,
- mystery,
- mystify,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonprofessional,
- overcome,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- overwhelm,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- paralyze,
- parry,
- perplex,
- perplexity,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plight,
- pons asinorum,
- poser,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- put to silence,
- puzzle,
- puzzlement,
- quandary,
- rattle,
- rebut,
- reduce to silence,
- refute,
- riddle,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- scrape,
- settle,
- shock,
- shut up,
- silence,
- smash all opposition,
- smatterer,
- spike,
- spoil,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stew,
- stick,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stump,
- stun,
- stymie,
- subvert,
- take aback,
- teaser,
- throw,
- thwart,
- tyro,
- unassuredness,
- undermine,
- upset,
- vexed question
- puzzle
collapse
- a toy that tests your ingenuity
- a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
- be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure" related words >
- Chinese puzzle,
- Gordian knot,
- addle,
- ail,
- amaze,
- apply the mind,
- baffle,
- bafflement,
- baffling problem,
- bamboozle,
- be the matter,
- beat,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- beset,
- bewilder,
- bewilderment,
- boggle,
- bother,
- brain twister,
- brain-teaser,
- buffalo,
- cap,
- complicate matters,
- concern,
- confound,
- confoundment,
- confuse,
- confusion,
- consider,
- contemplate,
- conundrum,
- crossword puzzle,
- crux,
- dark horse,
- daze,
- decipher,
- dilemma,
- discommode,
- discomposure,
- disconcert,
- disconcertedness,
- disconcertion,
- disconcertment,
- distract,
- distress,
- disturb,
- disturbance,
- dumbfound,
- embarrassment,
- enigma,
- enigmatic question,
- figure out,
- fix,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- floorer,
- flummox,
- foil,
- frontier,
- frontiers of knowledge,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- get,
- hammer at,
- hammer away at,
- harass,
- inconvenience,
- irk,
- jam,
- jigsaw puzzle,
- keep in suspense,
- knot,
- knotty point,
- lick,
- matter of ignorance,
- maze,
- mind-boggler,
- muddle,
- mull over,
- muse on,
- muse over,
- mystery,
- mystification,
- mystify,
- n,
- node,
- nodus,
- nonplus,
- nut to crack,
- oxymoron,
- paradox,
- perplex,
- perplexed question,
- perplexity,
- perturb,
- perturbation,
- pickle,
- plague,
- plight,
- ponder over,
- pons asinorum,
- pose,
- poser,
- pother,
- predicament,
- problem,
- put out,
- put to it,
- puzzle out,
- puzzle over,
- puzzlement,
- puzzler,
- quandary,
- question,
- question mark,
- reflect over,
- riddle,
- scrape,
- sealed book,
- sixty-four dollar question,
- solve,
- sort out,
- stew,
- stew over,
- stick,
- sticker,
- study,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stumper,
- stymie,
- teaser,
- terra incognita,
- the incalculable,
- the strange,
- the unfamiliar,
- the unknowable,
- the unknown,
- think hard,
- think through,
- throw,
- torment,
- tough proposition,
- trouble,
- unassuredness,
- unexplored ground,
- unexplored territory,
- unknown quantity,
- unlock,
- unravel,
- upset,
- vex,
- vexed question,
- why,
- work out,
- worry,
- x,
- z
- perplex
collapse
- be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me" related words >
- addle,
- addle the wits,
- ail,
- amaze,
- appanage,
- astonish,
- astound,
- awe,
- awestrike,
- babble,
- baffle,
- balk,
- ball up,
- bamboozle,
- be Greek to,
- be beyond one,
- be incredible,
- be the matter,
- be too deep,
- be unbelievable,
- beat,
- beat one,
- becloud,
- bedaze,
- bedazzle,
- befog,
- befuddle,
- beset,
- bewilder,
- birthright,
- blast,
- boggle,
- bother,
- bowl down,
- bowl over,
- brave,
- buffalo,
- bug,
- cap,
- challenge,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- cloud,
- complicate,
- complicate matters,
- concern,
- confound,
- confront,
- confuse,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cross,
- dash,
- daze,
- dazzle,
- defeat,
- defy,
- destroy,
- discombobulate,
- discomfit,
- discommode,
- discompose,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disorganize,
- disorient,
- disrupt,
- distract,
- distress,
- disturb,
- dumbfound,
- dumbfounder,
- elude,
- embarrass,
- embrangle,
- ensnarl,
- entangle,
- escape one,
- fill with doubt,
- flabbergast,
- floor,
- flummox,
- flurry,
- fluster,
- flutter,
- fog,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- fuddle,
- fuss,
- get,
- gibber,
- harass,
- implicate,
- inconvenience,
- involve,
- irk,
- keep in suspense,
- knock the chocks,
- knot,
- lagniappe,
- largess,
- lick,
- lose one,
- louse up,
- maze,
- mess up,
- mist,
- mix up,
- moider,
- muck,
- muck up,
- muddle,
- mystify,
- need explanation,
- nonplus,
- not make sense,
- not penetrate,
- overwhelm,
- palm oil,
- paralyze,
- pass belief,
- pass comprehension,
- perks,
- perquisite,
- perturb,
- petrify,
- plague,
- pose,
- pother,
- pourboire,
- prerogative,
- privilege,
- put out,
- put to it,
- puzzle,
- raise hell,
- ramify,
- rattle,
- ravel,
- riddle,
- ruffle,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- screw up,
- snarl,
- snarl up,
- speak in tongues,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stagger,
- startle,
- stick,
- stonewall,
- strike dead,
- strike dumb,
- strike with wonder,
- stumble,
- stump,
- stun,
- stupefy,
- stymie,
- surprise,
- talk double Dutch,
- tangle,
- throw,
- throw into confusion,
- thwart,
- tip,
- torment,
- trouble,
- unsettle,
- upset,
- vex,
- worry
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