🚧 To block ⛳ A blocked shot 🚧 A deadlock

stymy

1 9.1

A situation where progress is blocked and plans cannot move forward

noun
/ˈstaɪmi/

: obstáculo

The project hit a stymy when funding was unexpectedly withdrawn.

Examples

She found herself in a stymy, unable to move forward with her plans.
Her illness became a stymy to her career advancement.
Negotiations reached a stymy that neither side could overcome.
The heavy rain created a stymy for the outdoor event.
She found herself in a stymy, unable to move forward with her plans.
The project hit a stymy when funding was unexpectedly withdrawn.
Her illness became a stymy to her career advancement.

Synonyms

obstruction

vsstymy

142 4.8

Something that stops or slows progress and makes a task hard

describes the whole blocked situation and its frustrating effect

logjam

vsstymy

9 7.5

A situation where talks or plans cannot move forward because of a big problem

refers more generally to any blocked situation and not only complex cases

stymie

vsstymy

1 8.4

An obstacle that stops progress

is an alternative spelling of the same idea

Antonyms

progress

∞ 2.5

Forward change toward a goal or better state

How Obstructive

to blockade

4 6.1

barrier

236 3.7

stymy

1 9.1

obstacle

298 3.4

hindrance

21 5.7

setback

135 3.6

Surface Forms

stymy singular

stymies plural

Etymology

Stymy comes from that golf picture of one ball 'in the way', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of being stuck behind something; that's why a stymy now means any situation where progress is blocked and you feel stuck.