HOBBLED Synonyms: 137 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in feeble

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verb

past tense of hobble

as in hampered

to create difficulty for the work or activity of we were hobbled by the snowstorm from getting out to do some Christmas shopping

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as in limped

to walk while favoring one leg I hobbled home with a twisted ankle

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Recent Examples of hobbled

Adjective

So, after playing more games than any other team the past couple years, the Dodgers may be a little hobbled going into their first-round bye. — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Outside of a neutral site opener against Auburn, in which the Bears had a chance to win on the last play even with a hobbled DJ Lagway, Baylor has taken care of business and is 3-1 through four weeks. — Austin Perry Outkick, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Everybody except a hobbled Beast Mortos were sent crashing down to the floor. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Nikola Jokić put up another triple-double (25-13-11), and Anthony Edwards (knee) looked too hobbled to match. — Zach Harper, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Herro, who started Thursday’s second half in place of the hobbled Powell, has been primarily used as a starter since the start of the 2022-23 season but has played as a reserve in each of the last four games after returning from a rib injury. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026 How Tehran’s theocracy responds in the weeks and months ahead, whether that means lashing out or trying to rebuild its hobbled economy at home, will be crucial. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025 And Canada had much stricter quarantining and social-distancing guidelines, which resulted in hobbled attendance and many stars opting to skip TIFF all together. — Brent Lang, Variety, 3 Sep. 2025

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Unfortunately for the Chargers, the offensive line is still severely hobbled. — Joaquin Ruiz, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2026 Malachi Toney to injury tent Malachi Toney hobbled off the field midway through UM’s first drive of the second half. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2026 The undertaking will also test the ability of the sprawling House Democrats to work together and avoid the chaotic divisions and disruptions that have hobbled Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson’s leadership. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 McGregor offers a welcome counterbalance as Brooke, whose general disposition emanates from her relationship with her father, even as it’s hobbled by troubles the script pinpoints with delicacy. — Todd Gilchrist, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 And Rice hobbled off the field after his first reception with an apparent hamstring injury and did not return. — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026 Still, there’s no panic from the ladies in seafoam even after watching two stars hobbled in a matter of days as the regular season ended. — Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hobbled

Adjective

Then, Washington tight end Decker DeGraaf caught a pass and took off down the sideline, the former Glendora High standout running through two feeble-arm tackles on the way to an inexplicable 42-yard touchdown.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2026
Briogeo Destined for Density Serum The Briogeo Destined for Density Serum is a lightweight liquid formula that thickens feeble strands, plumps roots, and rapidly spurs new hair growth.

— Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of feeble

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The domestic economy is otherwise moribund, hampered by bad debts and a shrinking labor force.

— RUCHIR SHARMA, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026
Special teams miscues and penalties once again hampered the Rams in a game that featured three touchdown passes by Matthew Stafford and a career-best 17 catches by Puka Nacua.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of hampered

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Panthers forward Eetu Luostarinen limped to the locker room midway through the second period after getting hit by a shot but quickly returned.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026
Hampered by a hip injury, Payne limped through only a third of his allotted distance.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of limped

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The movie offered a sly critique of Korea’s rapid urbanization, and introduced the wayward types (bar girls, severely disabled men) that would populate all of Lee’s films.

— E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
The closure is part of a project to improve access for disabled visitors and replace the library’s heating and air conditioning system.

— Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2026

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The ongoing conflict that has driven people from their homes in Iran as well as an internet shutdown and a lack of full cooperation from the two governments partially impeded the team's efforts to get information.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 18 Sep. 2026
The ongoing conflict that has driven people from their homes in Iran as well as an internet shutdown and a lack of full cooperation from the two governments partially impeded the team’s efforts to get information.

— Jamey Keaten, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of impeded

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But according to Galloway, shortly before his death in 1989, a friend came upon an infirm Olivier watching one of Leigh’s films.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026
Earlier this month, Nancy Guthrie, the elderly and infirm mother of Today show co-anchor Savannah Guthrie, was violently taken from her home in Tucson, Arizona.

— Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 24 Feb. 2026

Definition of infirm

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Special teams had had a sprinkling of errors — like the game-opening 81-yard kickoff return Miami allowed — hindered that unit’s performance each week.

— Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026
Credit experts said the rate-cap proposal would have hindered consumers' access to credit.

— Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of hindered

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Meanwhile, Lord Corlys Velaryon and his fleet have the city blockaded, while Team Black commands from Dragonstone and Daemon battles in the Riverlands and Aemond broods on the throne, which he’s taken from his maimed brother.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026
That may sound unfathomable to any non-comic reader who watched Steven Yeun's Mark Grayson get bludgeoned, maimed, and nearly disemboweled (sorry, Atom Eve) in an episode-long, cities-spanning fight with Thragg's berzerker warrior, Conquest (Jeffrey Dean Morgan).

— Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Oct. 2025

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