stymie
verb /ˈstaɪmi/
/ˈstaɪmi/
(informal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they stymie | /ˈstaɪmi/ /ˈstaɪmi/ |
| he / she / it stymies | /ˈstaɪmiz/ /ˈstaɪmiz/ |
| past simple stymied | /ˈstaɪmid/ /ˈstaɪmid/ |
| past participle stymied | /ˈstaɪmid/ /ˈstaɪmid/ |
| -ing form stymieing | /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ |
| -ing form stymying | /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ /ˈstaɪmiɪŋ/ |
- stymie somebody/something to prevent somebody from doing something that they have planned or want to do; to prevent something from happening synonym foil
- He found himself stymied by an old opponent.
- Financial difficulties have stymied the company’s growth.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryStymie is used with these nouns as the object:- effort
Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally a golfing term, denoting a situation on the green where a ball obstructs the shot of another player): of unknown origin.