hamper

nounbasket for storage

verbimpede, restrict

Synonyms for hamper

noun basket for storage

Word Origin & History

late 14c., hampren "to surround, imprison, confine," also "to pack in a container," of unknown origin, possibly from hamper (n.1), or somehow connected to Middle English hamelian "to maim." Related: Hampered; hampering.

Example Sentences for hamper

I believe our children, if we do not hamper them, will never know the struggle we have had.

Public sympathy has enabled it to hamper me in this fashion.

She would help the politician, while another might hamper the man.'

That is because the heart is not allowed to hamper the head.

A new book of Meredith's comes to me like a hamper of noble wines.

He isn't hampered by the dull, petty details of life that hamper us.

"The loss of hamper forward will make her the more weatherly," says Captain Rosy.

I think as a matter of fact, that marriage did not hamper him in anything.

“My brother Will used to call a hamper a cargo,” said Aspinall.

He has made for the passes and slain his prisoners, that they may not hamper his march.

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Synonyms for hamper

bind

blockage

brake

burden

burdening

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bind

blockage

brake

burden

burdening

Synonyms for hamper

basket