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What is another word for
shackles
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▲
Noun
Restraints placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement
Something that hinders progress or movement
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave
Plural for a heavy burden of responsibility or obligation
Verb
To restrain or chain with shackles
To restrict or hamper the progress or function of
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▲
Noun
▲
Restraints placed around a prisoner's wrists or ankles to restrict their movement
cuffs
manacles
irons
chains
restraints
bonds
fetters
handcuffs
gyves
bracelets
darbies
ropes
bilboes
tethers
leg irons
ligature
binds
bands
restraint
shackle
chain
bind
bond
fetter
band
bracelet
trammels
rope
cords
wire
ties
handcuff
manacle
bindings
iron
yokes
fastenings
tie
binding
cord
ball and chain
pinions
fastening
coupling
tether
couplings
braces
clamps
yoke
straps
reins
leashes
ligatures
leads
strings
lines
strips
belts
wires
halters
tapes
ribbons
braids
stripes
lashes
bridles
lyams
harnesses
whips
thongs
laces
hobbles
more ❯
“The guard removed the
shackles
from the prisoner's wrists, granting him the freedom he had longed for.”
Noun
▲
Something that hinders progress or movement
barriers
constraints
hindrances
impediments
obstacles
restraints
restrictions
straitjacket
trammels
checks
curbs
encumbrances
obstructions
ball and chain
deterrents
chains
bar
drag
handicaps
hurdles
fetters
interference
stops
manacles
holdbacks
stumbling blocks
blocks
inhibition
crimps
cramps
balks
US
restraint
baulks
UK
brakes
lets
clogs
limitation
embarrassment
hitches
snags
retardments
detriments
disadvantages
catch
reins
difficulty
flies in the ointment
spanners in the works
restriction
burdens
problems
drawbacks
setbacks
walls
strictures
bridles
retardation
preventatives
defence
UK
leashes
defense
US
preventives
limits
impedance
roadblocks
monkey wrenches
complication
hampers
circumvention
determents
discouragement
dissuasion
disincentives
millstones
holdups
issues
faults
barricades
stoppages
hazard
weaknesses
hiccups
delays
defects
flaws
bottlenecks
facers
prohibition
rubs
blockages
loads
red tape
disorder
disablement
impairment
catch-22s
dead weight
hobbles
yokes
more ❯
“The fear of failure can often become the
shackles
that hinder one's progress and prevent them from reaching their full potential.”
Noun
▲
A hindrance or obstruction in doing something
impediment
hindrance
obstacle
obstruction
hurdle
handicap
deterrent
block
encumbrance
bar
snag
barrier
inhibition
hitch
drawback
trammel
fetter
difficulty
check
cramp
stop
restriction
restraint
problem
limitation
crimp
drag
curb
manacle
catch
interference
disadvantage
chain
holdback
hiccup
baulk
UK
balk
US
clog
embarrassment
setback
let
weakness
issue
stoppage
defect
hazard
blockage
flaw
burden
cumber
brake
delay
facer
millstone
detriment
barricade
fault
stricture
holdup
shackle
prohibition
retardation
wall
retardment
rub
impairment
load
bottleneck
disablement
disorder
stumbling block
catch-22
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
road block
monkey wrench in the works
dead weight
red tape
millstone around your neck
constraint
impedance
complication
hampering
inconvenience
albatross
baggage
gridlock
cumbrance
hamper
straitjacket
monkey wrench
ball and chain
rein
fetters
limit
discouragement
leash
preventive
confinement
lock
hangup
glitch
blockade
interruption
uphill
joker
sticking point
hang-up
jam-up
bond
bonds
pitfall
headache
blocking
trouble
congestion
opposition
circumscription
checking
shortcoming
arrest
chains
occlusion
hardship
stone in one's path
hold-up
defence
UK
psychological baggage
defense
US
millstone round someone's neck
curbing
bridling
bump
frustration
shackling
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
bridle
disincentive
preventative
balking
US
railing
traverse
fence
holding back
defensive measures
binding
hold
prevention
blank wall
mountain to climb
sabotage
intervention
inhibitor
booby trap
excess baggage
foot dragging
deal-breaker
jam
immobilisation
UK
immobilization
US
more ❯
Noun
▲
The act of enslaving or the state of being a slave
enslavement
bondage
servitude
subjugation
thrall
vassalage
yoke
thralldom
subjection
slavery
serfdom
servility
thraldom
helotry
oppression
domination
suppression
bonds
chains
fetters
tyranny
exploitation
persecution
duress
obedience
enthralment
helotism
forced labour
peonage
repression
captivity
restraint
enthrallment
serfhood
hegemony
indenture
feudalism
burden
service
nexus
ligament
chain
ligature
bullwork
peculiar institution
human trafficking
chains constraint
menial labor
confinement
detention
imprisonment
incarceration
restraints
internment
custody
immurement
impoundment
durance
prison
dependence
arrest
constraint
porridge
gaol
UK
jail
US
immuration
serfage
villenage
dependency
subordination
subservience
work
drudgery
drudge
labor
US
labour
UK
toil
grind
villeinage
moil
hands
power
servileness
grasp
grip
control
trammels
house arrest
locking up
supremacy
spell
clutches
detainment
hold
detainer
committal
remand
entombment
limbo
quarantine
time
chokey
bird
penal servitude
sentence
isolation
term
hard labour
jaildom
more ❯
Noun
▲
Plural for a heavy burden of responsibility or obligation
millstones
burdens
strain
albatross
encumbrances
loads
weight
worry
stress
liability
affliction
trouble
difficulty
hindrances
problems
crosses
drag
misfortune
anxiety
punishment
responsibility
grievances
duty
onus
deadweights
obligations
chains
hardship
accountability
blame
charge
concern
tasks
trials
crosses to bear
balls and chains
dead weight
imposition
drains
tax
pressure
demand
misery
woe
impediments
obstacles
yokes
nuisances
excess baggage
mantles
oppression
trammels
obstructions
embarrassment
debts
incumbencies
offices
needs
work
commitment
care
devoirs
imperative
downsides
bad news
disadvantages
weaknesses
handicaps
negatives
flies in the ointment
Achilles heels
inconvenience
baggage
drawbacks
strikes
stumbling blocks
debit
weak spots
disaster areas
incommodity
disbenefits
shortcomings
minuses
jinxes
more ❯
Verb
▲
To restrain or chain with shackles
binds
fetters
chains
manacles
handcuffs
secures
gyves
trammels
ties
cuffs
enfetters
enchains
restrains
pinions
tethers
hobbles
ties up
puts in irons
claps in irons
puts in chains
hog-ties
ties down
ties someone's hands
holds captive
puts a straitjacket on
fastens
leashes
trusses
lashes
ropes
chains up
hitches
confines
straps
constrains
fixes
holds
immobilizes
US
moors
anchors
immobilises
UK
pins down
hogties
bridles
holds fast
entrammels
laces
joins
girds
enslaves
traps
bands
harnesses
jails
US
tightens
gaols
UK
hitches up
puts a leash on
puts a lead on
cinches
entraps
claps
affixes
strings
battens
puts handcuffs on
pickets
snares
bends
ties one's hands
clips someone's wings
tapes
has on a tight leash
fixes together
locks up
pins
enthralls
US
enthrals
UK
holds down
indentures
beslaves
bethralls
trusses up
incarcerates
imprisons
captures
immures
connects
links
couples
knots
rivets
clinches
splices
binds up
make fasts
brings together
reduces to slavery
subjects to forced labour
condemns to slavery
sells into slavery
condemns to servitude
yokes
bonds
clamps
annexes
US
sticks
unites
hooks
interconnects
concatenates
clips
bolts
hooks up
glues
appends
interlinks
welds
fuses
cements
adds
catenates
compounds
conjugates
solders
subjoins
screws
pegs
hitches on
hooks on
pairs
seals
brackets
buckles
adheres
clasps
locks
weds
coheres
entwines
tags on
slaps on
puts together
tacks on
tacks
lassoes
bridges
conjoins
loops
collars
ties together
teams
Velcros
bundles
matches
inspans
tags
allies
spans
interfaces
consociates
clicks
sets
joins up
catches
unifies
holds together
knits
fastens together
melds with
plugs into
networks with
cables
joins up with
ties in with
comes together
draws together
yokes together
knits together
pegs down
fixes firmly
closes
fastens down
boards up
covers up
fastens securely
battens down
nails
prefixes
latches onto
more ❯
“When Jimmy came into the camp, Al had him
shackle
the prisoner to a tree.”
Verb
▲
To restrict or hamper the progress or function of
hampers
hinders
impedes
obstructs
inhibits
encumbers
trammels
handicaps
cramps
restrains
stymies
curbs
checks
hobbles
clogs
restricts
hamstrings
embarrasses
thwarts
constrains
limits
confines
holds
interferes with
holds back
holds up
short-circuits
fetters
handcuffs
blocks
manacles
hog-ties
retards
ties up
frustrates
slows down
baulks
UK
foils
cumbers
balks
US
delays
slows
prevents
cripples
hangs up
bridles
bars
stalls
borks
stops
interrupts
gets in the way
sets back
baffles
derails
cramps one's style
throws a spanner in the works
arrests
deters
stands in the way of
gets in the way of
curtails
throws a monkey wrench in the works of
stonewalls
crimps
interferes
entangles
binds
puts a brake on
forestalls
slows up
ties
prohibits
scuppers
halts
represses
detains
crabs
shelves
withholds
debars
weighs down
keeps back
puts off
gives a hard time
stifles
disadvantages
sabotages
inconveniences
sandbags
leashes
burdens
disrupts
suspends
averts
fazes
brakes
opposes
chains
chokes
cuts off
drags your feet
bogs down
chokes off
ties down
saddles with
makes late
shuts off
closes off
shuts down
weakens
straitens
entrammels
discontinues
circumscribes
controls
regulates
constricts
moderates
overloads
debilitates
incommodes
suppresses
oppresses
charges
bothers
discommodes
puts straitjacket on
impairs
throws monkey wrench in
sidelines
prevents from making progress
subdues
stands off
peters out
ties someone's hands
sets limits on
imposes limits on
puts a crimp in
smothers
postpones
bottlenecks
rattles
discomfits
freezes
dams
muzzles
neutralizes
US
retardates
reduces
disconcerts
puts at a disadvantage
contravenes
resists
neutralises
UK
counteracts
interdicts
protracts
defers
pauses
places at a disadvantage
forbids
hems in
keeps within bounds
ties one's hands
gives disadvantage
takes out
keeps waiting
outlaws
puts out of commission
makes difficult
prorogues
remits
enjoins
wards
intermits
prolongs
screws up
fouls up
causes to stay
keeps
causes to wait
louses up
boxes in
throws a spoke in the wheel of
shuts out
puts back
takes down
holds off on
brings to screeching halt
backs off
holds over
staves off
reins in
holds in
holds down
keeps in
stems the flow of
puts on brakes
scotches
defeats
confounds
spoils
snookers
puzzles
nonplusses
upsets
mystifies
stumps
flummoxes
corners
pigeonholes
puts paid to
puts the kibosh on
dead-ends
gives the run around
puts on hold
holds off
hangs fire
puts on back burner
throws a monkey wrench into
stays
throttles
obscures
screens
complicates
monkeys with
heads off
blockades
wards off
precludes
circumvents
barricades
intercepts
nips in the bud
puts a stop to
closes
ruins
dashes
obviates
puts an end to
fends off
avoids
counters
quashes
nullifies
stems
defends against
guards
blocks off
stops up
bans
jams
cuts short
beats
ends
evades
squelches
messes up
decelerates
breaks
undermines
blocks up
proscribes
deflects
walls off
destroys
subverts
defends
occludes
squashes
rules out
turns aside
plugs
terminates
wrecks
quells
contains
diverts
crushes
procrastinates
overturns
checkmates
cools
annuls
staunches
parries
clogs up
forfends
preempts
repulses
clobbers
pre-empts
circumnavigates
bungs up
undoes
disappoints
closes out
closes up
disallows
skirts
sidesteps
anticipates
plugs up
blocks out
does for
breaks up
steers clear of
picks off
keeps at bay
brings to an end
excludes
dissuades from
smashes
walls
fences
demolishes
shakes
devastates
helps
filibusters
slackens
eliminates
extinguishes
ceases
delimits
quits
caulks
shatters
lessens
eradicates
negates
drops
discourages
stoppers
stuffs
mires
finishes
seals
harms
ostracizes
US
rebuffs
repels
obliterates
annihilates
denies access
nixes
quiets
scuttles
decimates
botches
bilks
cancels
offsets
bucks
estops
shuts in
cracks down on
turns off
spikes
bottles up
outwits
stamps out
chokes up
gags
plays for time
mucks up
puts the stopper on
keeps lid on
breaks off
throws cold water on
counterplots
brings to a standstill
ostracises
UK
puts a damper on
pours cold water on
upsets the applecart
desists from
leaves off
puts a spoke in someone's wheel
puts the lid on
heads off at pass
gets in before
cuts out
second-guesses
steals a march on
beats someone to the draw
beats someone to the punch
provides against
packs in
gets ahead of
lays off
gives over
beats someone to it
keeps off
knocks off
packs up
sidetracks
straitjackets
clots
damages
gets out of
caps
suffocates
escapes
bypasses
attacks
dishes
catches
dispatches
captures
nets
ensnares
enmeshes
affects
disturbs
snags
ravages
incapacitates
tethers
boycotts
stultifies
influences
tampers
makes impossible
confuses
troubles
conflicts
blacklists
threatens
disables
fills up
fills
strangles at birth
reins
indisposes
staves
commandeers
abolishes
jukes
ditches
takes wind out of
crashes
unsettles
wastes time
swallows
muffles
stanches
packs
jams up
keeps from happening
invalidates
forefends
bollixes
kills
gets bogged down
puts the damper on
throws a curve
holds at bay
governs
fights back
aborts
withdraws
bungs
buys time
intervenes
renounces
disempowers
nobbles
stands in the way
breaks down
chokes back
tames
prepares for
acts in advance of
keeps within the limits of
narrows down
congests
bottles
blanks
crosses
buries
intrudes on
keeps in check
brings to a halt
brings to end
employs delaying tactics
embargoes
stunts
tempers
countermines
bites back
keeps under control
pulls in
keeps a lid on
slackens pace
destabilizes
US
makes illegal
gets the better of
takes wind out of sails
puts the mockers on
puts end to
beats down
causes setback
bogs
attenuates
demoralizes
US
cuts in
takes away
forbids to
decreases
abates
lags
diminishes
saps
emasculates
demoralises
UK
softens
destabilises
UK
challenges
fortifies
corks
embogs
loiters
qualifies
reefs
kicks the can down the road
bolts
locks
secures
drags through the mud
queers the pitch of
clips one's wings
fastens
latches
protects
strengthens
lets up
pokes full of holes
loses steam
cuts down
puts the brakes on
anchors it
loses speed
winds down
hits the brakes
lets down flaps
cuts back
damps
saves
lets
chills
dampens
adjourns
excepts
reschedules
overcomes
tables
injures
mothballs
refuses
corks up
binds up
tapes up
respites
routs
hangs on
resists attack
holds the line
holds the fort
continues
topples
queers
blows
overthrows
vitiates
razes
shrouds
extends
wracks
keeps out
lengthens
keeps at arm's length
closes one's doors to
counts out
locks out
freezes out
unbuilds
skins
crazes
impoverishes
waives
snuffs out
puts at risk
blows a hole in
cancels out
ballses up
brings down
brings to naught
rains on someone's parade
balls up
makes a mess of
plays havoc with
renders ineffective
works against
wipes out
gets rid of
lays on the table
sets aside
puts on the back burner
gives rain check
puts in cold storage
puts on ice
puts over
holds in abeyance
carries over
lays over
takes a rain check on
closes down
winds up
blows the whistle on
brings to a stop
pulls the plug on
puts a cork in
brings to a close
clamps down on
slaps down
more ❯
“A writer must never allow rules or format to
shackle
his ability to communicate.”
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