English Synonym Finder

shackled

Definitions

Restrained by chains or manacles, typically around the wrists or ankles.

Confined, restricted, or prevented from acting freely.

Examples

The prisoner was shackled to the wall of the cold, damp cell.

She felt shackled by the rigid expectations of her traditional upbringing.

The economy remained shackled by heavy debt and lack of investment.

Synonyms

chained fettered bound restrained handcuffed manacled confined

Antonyms

freed liberated unshackled released unbound untied loose