stymie

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green (abolished 1952).
2. An obstacle or obstruction.

Verb

1. To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck.
2. To bring into the position of, or impede by, a stymie.

Concepten

belemmeren

beletten

bemoeilijken

hinderen

ten val brengen

voorkomen

slop

Synoniemen

stymy

hinder

block

obstruct

impede

blockade

thwart

embarrass

roadblock

frustrate

confound

inhibit

prevent

impediment

hindrance

get in the way

cramp

cross

cumber

curb

debar

deflect

detain

deter

deterrent

difficulty

drag

exacerbate

foil

forbid

forestall

forfend

hamper

hang-up

hardness

hardship

hazard

head off

help

hurdle

incapacitate

obstacle

obstacles

obstruction

obviate

protect

queer

restrain

retard

shut

spoil

stonewall

stunt

stupefy

throttle

trammel

trouble

be thwarted

hard time

hinderance

scotch

tsuris

be nonplussed

forefend

diriment impediment

problem situation

to present an obstacle to

stop

🛑

to stand in the way of

aggravate

arduousness

arrest

avert

baffle

bane

bar

barrier

be in the way

bilk

block out

block up

check

clog

complicate

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈstaɪmi/

Etymologie (Engels)

From the meaning in golf (where the stymie ball blocks the other ball from "seeing" the hole), perhaps from Scots stymie, stimie (“person with poor eyesight”), from Scots stime (“the least bit”). Or from Scots styme (“tiny bit, glimmer”) as in se nocht ane styme (“not to see a glimmer (of something)”). If so, it is a doublet of stime.