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UK
/stˈaɪmi/
]
[ US /ˈstaɪmi/ ]
[ US /ˈstaɪmi/ ]
NOUN
- a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole
- a thwarting and distressing situation
VERB
-
hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
His brother blocked him at every turn
How To Use stymie In A Sentence
- The debacle threatens to stymie the country's dynamic agricultural sector.
- Since then, his reforms have largely been stymied by theological and political hardliners.
- The inclusion of wine stymied him for a long time, though later he reviled himself for being so dim. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
- Since then, his reforms have largely been stymied by theological and political hardliners.
- The inclusion of wine stymied him for a long time, though later he reviled himself for being so dim. A SONG AT TWILIGHT
- He found himself stymied by an old opponent.
- While supply problems have not crippled operations, they have stymied some units.
- But former city Lord Mayor Cllr Dermot Lacey (Lab) says there is opposition to the new post from a 'coalition of Fianna Fáil backbenchers and bureaucrats' who want to 'stymie' RTÉ News
- But it also stymied Egypt's nascent transition towards democracy. Times, Sunday Times
- The parents are desperate to rescue their kids from a system that stymies creativity and makes education a burden. Michael Levy: What I Learned from China's Schools