stonewalled
past simple and past participle ofstonewall
stonewall
verb[IorT]
uk/ˈstəʊn.wɔːl/us/ˈstoʊn.wɑːl/tostopadiscussionfromdevelopingbyrefusingtoanswerquestionsor bytalkingin such a way that youpreventotherpeoplefrom givingtheiropinions:
Theintervieweraccusedtheministerof stonewalling on theissueoftaxincreases.
Preventing and impeding
- anti-jamming
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag onsomeone/somethingidiom
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hamper
- hang
- havesomeone/somethinghanging roundyourneckidiom
- head off
- hinder
- prejudice
- prevent
- preventable
- prevention
- prevention is better than cureidiom
- scuttle
- smother
Examplesofstonewalled
stonewalled
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
All my questions werestonewalled.
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It was complete even to the tin openers, but we werestonewalled.
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It is a firm attitude of government that has been represented throughout all our discussions—courteously entertained butstonewalled.
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Some of his predecessorsstonewalledon the issue for many years.
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I wasstonewalledby refusals to do anything.
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We are asked to take too much on trust, andstonewalledwhen we ask what terms such as "significant"and"verifiable" mean.
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A constituent may have a grievance against a local health authority, but isstonewalledby that authority.
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I do not know what he did except that hestonewalledpretty well.
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Hestonewalledvery well and gave nothing away.
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We have notstonewalledand do not intend to.
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That scheme, too, wasstonewalled.
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He has always been courteous, not only in accepting our suggestions—on the rare occasions when he has done so but also when, more frequently, he has "stonewalled".
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His predecessors in officestonewalledon this question for a number of years, first on the ground of cost, then on the ground that certain safeguards were necessary.
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However, the government commissionersstonewalledthe proposal and struck the book off the nominations' list.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Hewsonstonewalledand was unable to answer a seemingly straightforward question.
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