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Fetter is also used as a verb with meanings that correspond to the noun's meanings: a prisoner can be fettered literally, and a person can feel fettered by obligations or responsibilities.
Synonyms for FETTERED: bound, captive, enslaved, subjugated, subdued, conquered, subject, unfree; Antonyms of FETTERED: independent, free, sovereign, separate, autonomous, sovran, freestanding, freeborn
FETTERED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of fetter 2. to keep someone within limits or stop them from…. Learn more.
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fettered by He felt fettered by a nine-to-five office existence. to tie someone to a place by putting chains around their ankles SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
A fetter is a shackle or chain that is attached to someone’s ankles. To fetter someone is to restrict their movement, either literally or metaphorically. You might feel fettered by your parents' rules, even without the chains.
If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way.
to confine or restrain with or as if with chains museum artifacts that serve as somber reminders of the days when slaves were fettered with irons
There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective fettered. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.