Singular
stymie Plural
stymies stymie (plural stymies) # An obstacle or obstruction. # (Golf) A situation where an opponent's ball is directly in the way of one's own ball and the hole, on the putting green. Infinitive
to stymie Third person singular
stymies Simple past
stymied Past participle
stymied Present participle
stymieing to stymie (third-person singular simple present stymies, present participlestymieing, simple past and past participlestymied) # To thwart or stump; to cause to fail or to leave hopelessly puzzled, confused, or stuck. #: They had lost the key, and the lock stymied the first three locksmiths they called.
stymied is crazy
The farmer was stymied by rabbits who kept breaking into his garden.
The growth of the plant was stymied from being kept in the shade.
Franken-Stymied - 1961 was released on: USA: 4 July 1961
To stymie is to stand in the way of something or be an obstacle to something. So if you stymied something you stood in the way of it happening.
In some cases, she said, drilling in walls is stymied by the threat of asbestos dust.The desire to forget one's troubles may be stymied by having less money to do it.Today's relatively clear skies gave reason for hope-yesterday's turbulent weather had stymied the rescuers' shot at the summit.
To stymie is to prevent. "Josh was stymied in his quest for first place in the race when his friend beat him by 2 yards."
Stymied
The cast of Franken-Stymied - 1961 includes: Daws Butler as Mad Scientist Grace Stafford as Woody
blockaded; blocked; embarassed; hindered; obstructed;
I was stymied by the math equation.
* Discouraged * Bothered * Perturbed * Stymied * Thwarted