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Verb
Present participle for to restrain or keep in check
Present participle for to gain mastery or control over something or someone
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
Present participle for to defeat or suppress forcefully and completely
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
Present participle for to refrain from doing something
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
Present participle for to mark out the boundary or limits of
Noun
The action of impeding a process or progress
The restraint or repression of an idea or activity, or of feelings or reactions
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
Adjective
Restraining
That serves to suppress
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Verb
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Present participle for to restrain or keep in check
restraining
checking
controlling
suppressing
inhibiting
repressing
bridling
containing
limiting
moderating
constraining
impeding
retarding
smothering
stifling
muffling
muzzling
regulating
restricting
strangling
subduing
curtailing
deterring
disciplining
freezing
gagging
hindering
holding
keeping
keeping under control
pegging
taming
trammelling
trammeling
entrammeling
entrammelling
fettering
governing
measuring
ruling
withholding
holding in
keeping in check
putting a limit on
reining in
boxing in
cutting back
choking back
cooling down
cooling off
holding back
holding down
keeping back
keeping within bounds
putting the brakes on
slowing down
biting back
buttoning up
fighting back
keeping a tight rein on
keeping tight rein on
stemming the flow of
tying up
keeping a lid on
keeping lid on
keeping the lid on
bringing to screeching halt
reducing
diminishing
lessening
decreasing
lowering
easing
quelling
tempering
mitigating
abating
toning down
softening
bottling up
deadening
pulling in
dampening
lightening
cooling
allaying
blunting
damping
dulling
weakening
calming
alleviating
swallowing
cutting
dropping
minimizing
US
tapering
de-escalating
cutting down
minimising
UK
damping down
ebbing
contracting
attenuating
shrinking
sinking
silencing
quieting
assuaging
overcoming
slashing
depreciating
stilling
cushioning
muting
hampering
mellowing
corking
downsizing
taking the edge off
scaling down
decrementing
depressing
downscaling
confining
corking up
relieving
mollifying
dwindling
soothing
winding down
quenching
modulating
waning
capping
delimiting
mastering
tailing off
arresting
stopping
keeping down
tranquilizing
US
holding in check
squelching
easing off
obstructing
slackening
tranquillising
UK
declining
reining
concealing
straitening
squashing
frustrating
submerging
modifying
soft-pedalling
soft-pedaling
putting a damper on
paring down
bringing down
dialing down
devaluating
pocketing
quashing
impairing
petering out
palliating
eroding
drying up
settling
dropping off
extinguishing
letting up
trimming
relaxing
composing
subsiding
taking the sting out
fixing
circumscribing
preventing
stepping down
stemming
pacifying
making cutbacks in
wearing away
wearing down
putting a lid on
deflating
hiding
placating
slacking off
falling off
constricting
degrading
simmering down
depleting
pruning
clipping
qualifying
rationing
paring
reining back
interfering with
putting a brake on
denting
slumping
rolling back
fading
dulcifying
knocking down
taking the bite out
marking down
decaying
degenerating
wasting
drooping
nipping in the bud
keeping in
delaying
putting damper on
tapering off
running down
barring
cutting back on
whittling down
gulping back
collecting
conquering
licking
deteriorating
withering
shriveling
US
crumbling
evaporating
shrivelling
UK
thwarting
lulling
dying down
narrowing down
calming down
losing edge
running low
adjusting
terminating
bounding
setting
blocking
overpowering
choking
gentling
undermining
sapping
shushing
staunching
benumbing
narrowing
drowning
keeping in line
numbing
quietening
setting limits on
imposing limits on
diluting
temperating
harshing
getting the better of
minifying
remitting
holding up
couching
putting half nelson on
boxing up
axing
bringing under control
placing a limit on
cracking down on
downgrading
clamping down on
making less intense
getting under control
covering up
taking down
shutting in
putting the lid on
putting a ceiling on
shutting down
cracking down
trimming down
trimming back
ratcheting down
phasing down
playing down
rebating
draining
re-collecting
monitoring
managing
fighting
halting
cornering
inspecting
recovering
rallying
interning
censoring
shaving
sating
resisting
baulking
UK
tailing away
denying
devitalizing
balking
US
prelimiting
gulping
slaking
abasing
appeasing
revising
gaining control over
gaining mastery over
shortening
buttressing
retrenching
immobilizing
US
mothballing
immobilising
UK
setting a limit on
chillin
chilling
lapsing
hog-tying
docking
foiling
keeping control of
absorbing
biting one's lip
breaking
mincing
rounding down
keeping on a string
cauterizing
US
disempowering
keeping feeling inside oneself
keeping secret
pausing
neutralizing
US
icing
tongue-tying
hushing
conciliating
helping
petering
cutting short
interrupting
defusing
falling
receding
phasing out
cauterising
UK
bottlenecking
counteracting
plummetting
plunging
relenting
plummeting
bating
keeping a rein on
slowing
making weaker
demarcating
getting rid of
soaking up
staying
discouraging
repulsing
checkmating
braking
neutralising
UK
rebuffing
circumventing
ameliorating
satisfying
comforting
sweetening
bringing into line
laying down the law to someone
taking the bite out of
taking the sting out of
propitiating
slowing up
making less active
killing
making reasonable
shutting up
dummying up
palling
making reductions in
slimming down
retrenching on
cheapening
cooling out
meeting halfway
scaling back
taking the heat off
decimating
blurring
slackening pace
crushing
fixing up
taking sting out
patching things up
draining away
dying away
growing smaller
growing less
becoming smaller
falling away
dying out
becoming less
standing in the way of
bringing to a standstill
cramping
reconciling
internalizing
US
bottling
internalising
UK
specifying
demarking
prescribing
playing for time
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
discounting
delimitating
defining
girdling
compromising
damaging
humbling
sitting on
pulling back
cutting down on
hemming in
tying down
snuffing out
cowing
undervaluing
reclaiming
busting
keeping within limits
disrupting
putting down
keeping to a minimum
keeping at a minimum
cutting in price
devaluing
lowering in price
averting
drawing the line on
marking off
slapping down
budgeting
conserving
quietening down
watering down
disturbing
infringing
keeping under wraps
deducting
making cheaper
lowering the price of
underselling
putting on sale
writing down
balming
getting a grip on
keeping inside
jamming up
blacking out
amortising
UK
extenuating
casting down
whittling
saving
making less
making smaller
tightening
amortizing
US
writing off
offering at a giveaway price
subtracting
rendering worthless
reducing the price of
taking tough action
clamping down
coming down on
encroaching on
obviating
smoothing down
disgrading
limiting to a fixed amount
demeriting
driving down
restricting the consumption of
avoiding
intercepting
staving off
fending off
heading off
warding off
turning aside
defending against
holding off
more ❯
“His parents decided that if Jay couldn't
curb
his spending, then he would have to start earning his own money.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to gain mastery or control over something or someone
beating
conquering
controlling
subduing
mastering
overcoming
defeating
quelling
vanquishing
licking
bridling
quashing
taming
besting
suppressing
surmounting
checking
restraining
dispatching
clobbering
dominating
arresting
curtailing
frustrating
squashing
squelching
stifling
thwarting
prevailing over
triumphing over
getting the better of
gaining mastery over
getting a grip on
winning against
cracking down on
putting the kibosh on
stamping out
gaining control of
repressing
subjugating
getting over
overpowering
solving
governing
stopping
overmatching
upending
worsting
overbearing
getting
skunking
getting around
getting control of
dealing with
doing down
rising above
bringing under control
getting under control
finding a solution to
finding an answer to
coping with
hegemonizing
managing
regulating
commanding
ruling
directing
overwhelming
routing
trouncing
crushing
tanking
overthrowing
thrashing
destroying
undoing
drubbing
excelling
outstripping
outdoing
stuffing
surpassing
outclassing
hammering
demolishing
taking
downing
crucifying
pasting
weathering
whipping
surviving
slaughtering
devastating
flooring
prevailing
stunning
rendering
shellacking
outliving
throwing
hurdling
owning
shocking
walking over
winning
reducing
rendering helpless
bringing someone to their knees
winning over
coming out on top
coming out on top of
running rings around
gaining a victory over
knocking over
taking to the cleaners
rendering incapable
knocking out
walking all over
making mincemeat of
wiping the floor with
grinding down
rendering powerless
blowing out of the water
more ❯
“With the help of Jolene, Beth was finally able to
curb
her addiction to alcohol.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
inhibiting
hindering
impeding
checking
restraining
hampering
obstructing
restricting
trammelling
trammeling
handicapping
encumbering
blocking
stymieing
cramping
thwarting
fettering
retarding
preventing
constraining
stifling
suppressing
repressing
frustrating
shackling
foiling
hobbling
clogging
bridling
barring
handcuffing
smothering
manacling
slowing
embarrassing
balking
US
baulking
UK
stalling
prohibiting
reducing
averting
interdicting
debarring
forbidding
outlawing
sandbagging
enjoining
fazing
warding
holding back
interfering with
holding up
hog-tying
short-circuiting
slowing down
tying up
reining in
hanging up
holding in
holding down
putting a brake on
keeping in
throwing a spanner in the works
stemming the flow of
putting on brakes
stopping
hamstringing
arresting
halting
forestalling
limiting
cumbering
delaying
interrupting
derailing
stonewalling
cutting off
crippling
curtailing
opposing
disrupting
crimping
baffling
standing in the way of
deterring
putting a stop to
borking
counteracting
staying
confining
stemming
setting back
getting in the way of
putting an end to
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
heading off
tying
choking
shutting off
keeping back
detaining
controlling
staving off
warding off
suspending
getting in the way
shutting out
circumventing
cramping one's style
defeating
scuppering
containing
putting the kibosh on
discontinuing
nipping in the bud
closing off
interfering
damming
intercepting
sabotaging
withholding
spoiling
ending
holding
countering
ceasing
entangling
closing
lessening
nullifying
contravening
staunching
ruining
putting off
slowing up
bringing to an end
fending off
decelerating
shutting down
choking off
straitening
precluding
braking
regulating
finishing
plugging
leashing
terminating
diverting
binding
evading
throttling
retardating
postponing
overturning
circumnavigating
obscuring
scotching
putting paid to
skirting
sidestepping
diminishing
laying off
stoppering
discomfiting
holding off
resisting
stanching
taking down
avoiding
bringing to a stop
decreasing
bogging down
clogging up
closing out
blocking out
putting the stopper on
defending against
steering clear of
cutting short
blocking up
stopping up
giving a hard time
doing for
blocking off
bringing to a standstill
plugging up
circumscribing
constricting
shaking
obviating
burdening
slackening
crabbing
moderating
miring
shelving
stunting
beating
subduing
deferring
letting
jamming
weighing down
barricading
stuffing
dissuading from
sealing
quitting
intermitting
neutralizing
US
filling
quieting
holding off on
dropping
chaining
caulking
congesting
concluding
muzzling
blockading
rattling
neutralising
UK
closing up
disconcerting
throwing monkey wrench in
bringing to a halt
upsetting
dragging your feet
putting back
choking up
bunging up
backing off
turning off
outwitting
checkmating
letting up
bringing to screeching halt
occluding
winding up
bringing to a close
calling a halt to
lousing up
picking off
screwing up
fouling up
withstanding
dashing
adjourning
pulling the plug on
breaking up
cutting out
knocking off
upsetting the applecart
disappointing
breaking off
tying down
sidetracking
tying someone's hands
straitjacketing
weakening
capping
bottlenecking
disadvantaging
putting straitjacket on
impairing
filling up
catching
sidelining
enmeshing
ensnaring
capturing
netting
setting limits on
imposing limits on
snagging
retaining
delimiting
petering out
standing off
tethering
packing
jamming up
freezing
entrammelling
entrammeling
subverting
screening
complicating
protracting
pausing
strangulating
bunging
preventing from making progress
denying
putting at a disadvantage
remitting
proroguing
proscribing
placing at a disadvantage
getting out of
disempowering
giving disadvantage
taking out
bottling
gagging
hemming in
prolonging
putting out of commission
fending
boxing in
taking out of play
putting the brakes on
escaping
bypassing
holding over
making late
putting a crimp in
inconveniencing
refusing
saddling with
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
monkeying with
keeping under control
debilitating
indisposing
disallowing
banning
putting a lid on
putting the lid on
destabilizing
US
narrowing down
keeping within the limits of
discouraging
tempering
expiring
bringing an end to
acting against
working against
throwing a curve
deflecting
demoralizing
US
attenuating
keeping in check
finishing off
putting on ice
putting on hold
refusing to pay
crashing
unsettling
juking
wrecking
keeping lid on
stumping
taking wind out of
ditching
emasculating
sapping
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
clotting
estopping
completing
dissolving
cutting in
heading off at pass
taking away
lagging
abating
undermining
botching
softening
destabilising
UK
challenging
demoralising
UK
invalidating
scuttling
snookering
abolishing
annulling
squashing
repelling
confounding
corking
bogging
throwing cold water on
tiing one's hands
embogging
reefing
loitering
qualifying
procrastinating
shutting
immobilizing
US
desisting
turning back
dragging through the mud
cracking down on
stamping out
clamping down on
repulsing
nobbling
undoing
parrying
deactivating
immobilising
UK
pouring cold water on
putting a damper on
queering the pitch of
clipping one's wings
calling a halt
coming to an end
counterplotting
beating down
crossing
taking wind out of sails
burying
messing up
blanking
getting the better of
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
putting end to
putting the mockers on
causing setback
poking full of holes
forbidding to
cutting down
cutting back
keeping waiting
letting down flaps
winding down
losing steam
anchoring it
losing speed
putting the brakes on
hitting the brakes
gumming up
locking out
forfending
helping
keeping
damping
saving
chillin
dampening
chilling
cooling
pre-empting
ruling out
turning aside
breaking
leaving off
blowing the whistle on
putting a cork in
packing up
closing down
desisting from
packing in
giving over
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to fail, or to make great attempts to
thwarting
frustrating
hindering
foiling
checking
stopping
impeding
blocking
preventing
obstructing
hampering
stymieing
restraining
baulking
UK
forestalling
defeating
baffling
scotching
balking
US
cramping
derailing
circumventing
scuppering
opposing
trammelling
trammeling
ruining
beating
spoiling
dashing
countering
discomfiting
smashing
snookering
disappointing
crimping
checkmating
confusing
upsetting
outwitting
crossing
crabbing
nobbling
bilking
traversing
rooting
snafuing
shipwrecking
stultifying
holding up
putting a stop to
putting paid to
standing in the way of
doing for
fouling up
putting the kibosh on
lousing up
putting the stopper on
putting the mockers on
taking down
giving the slip
upsetting the applecart
cooking someone's goose
playing off
putting a spoke in someone's wheel
taking wind out of
taking the wind out of your sails
halting
crippling
nullifying
queering
nipping in the bud
screwing up
messing up
throwing a spanner in the works
halting in its tracks
throwing monkey wrench in
throwing a monkey wrench in the works
finishing off
finishing
making an end of
bringing to a close
putting an end to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to defeat or suppress forcefully and completely
quashing
squashing
checking
squelching
extinguishing
crushing
overcoming
silencing
ending
thwarting
defeating
destroying
conquering
frustrating
abolishing
terminating
annihilating
quenching
beating
overwhelming
clobbering
extirpating
finishing
routing
demolishing
overthrowing
scrunching
squishing
trashing
cracking down on
putting down
snuffing out
putting an end to
stamping out
clamping down on
putting a stop to
slapping down
nipping in the bud
wiping out
getting rid of
snowing under
putting the kibosh on
subduing
stopping
quelling
stifling
suppressing
repressing
killing
hindering
impeding
preventing
deadening
constraining
inhibiting
restricting
overpowering
quelching
hampering
strangling
muffling
restraining
shutting down
halting
gagging
arresting
muting
scotching
shushing
interfering with
putting the lid on
eradicating
obstructing
controlling
eliminating
stymieing
blocking
nixing
curtailing
smothering
damping down
cracking down
weeding out
cutting off
cutting short
torpedoing
exterminating
expunging
vanquishing
strangling at birth
scuppering
removing
queering
censoring
settling
dumbing
subjugating
abating
clamming
dulling
holding back
clamping down
banishing
foiling
bringing to screeching halt
dashing
blotting out
spoiling
scuttling
spiking
putting out
choking off
closing up
keeping down
sitting on
putting paid to
messing up
bringing to an end
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to reduce in extent or quantity
curtailing
reducing
cutting
decreasing
lessening
diminishing
shortening
trimming
truncating
abridging
abbreviating
shrinking
contracting
docking
clipping
slashing
downsizing
cropping
limiting
lopping
chopping
eliding
syncopating
retrenching
restraining
restricting
minifying
controlling
cramping
halting
inhibiting
cutting back
cutting down
paring down
cutting short
slimming down
boiling down
rolling back
reining in
tightening up
breaking off
holding back
reining back
putting a limit on
putting a restriction on
putting the brakes on
checking
economising
UK
lowering
economizing
US
marking off
marking down
compressing
condensing
pruning
snipping
narrowing
concentrating
getting shorter
deflating
telescoping
constricting
shrivelling
UK
shriveling
US
slimming
making smaller
growing smaller
wasting away
becoming smaller
getting smaller
bobbing
dwindling
minimizing
US
excerpting
minimising
UK
making shorter
taking up
cutting to the bone
turning up
squeezing
withering
growing shorter
epitomizing
US
epitomising
UK
abstracting
foreshortening
digesting
synopsizing
summarizing
US
summarising
UK
paring
lopping off
putting in a nutshell
bluing pencil
rounding down
whittling down
shaving
shearing
cutting off
tightening
disappearing
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to regulate the speed or amount of something given or administered
pacing
regulating
controlling
limiting
managing
constraining
containing
monitoring
administering
measuring
adjusting
methodizing
overlooking
tempering
adapting
guiding
organising
UK
organizing
US
systematising
UK
systematizing
US
allocating
directing
reconciling
restraining
administrating
legislating
policing
taming
bridling
setting
coordinating
inhibiting
standardising
UK
standardizing
US
governing
modulating
supervising
balancing
holding
superintending
moderating
overseeing
restricting
stewarding
presiding over
pulling in
reining in
keeping an eye on
keeping tabs on
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from doing something
abstaining
forgoing
eschewing
forbearing
avoiding
renouncing
refraining
quitting
stopping
desisting
abjuring
abandoning
ceasing
kicking
shunning
withholding
keeping
declining
refusing
spurning
evading
relinquishing
abnegating
passing
keeping from
packing in
holding back
jacking in
passing up
sitting out
having done with
taking the cure
giving the go by
withdrawing from
checking
resisting
giving up
stopping oneself
swearing off
leaving alone
refraining from
abstaining from
inhibiting
restraining
doing without
giving a wide berth to
breaking off
leaving off
stopping oneself from
forbearing from
preventing oneself from
resisting the temptation to
desisting from
restraining oneself from
forswearing
forsaking
discontinuing
dropping
halting
finishing
rejecting
foregoing
steering clear of
avoiding doing something
not doing
fighting shy of
laying off
withholding from
checking oneself
turning down
giving over
arresting
interrupting
bucking
belaying
escaping
bridling
omitting
sacrificing
dispensing with
not touching
going on the wagon
taking the pledge
having nothing to do with
declining to
restraining yourself
going easy
preventing
prohibiting
helping
putting off
managing not to
ending
breaking
concluding
laying off of
knocking off
going without
packing up
letting up
ceasing to indulge in
quitting cold
kicking over
cutting out
kicking the habit
calling it quits
keeping off
repudiating
disavowing
disowning
denying
washing your hands of
disclaiming
shirking
repealing
ditching
shaking
casting aside
turning your back on
retracting
recanting
dodging
reneging
foreswearing
gainsaying
deserting
abdicating
disaffirming
shying from
skipping out on
getting around
throwing off
denying oneself
turning back on
weaseling out of
reneging on
weaselling out of
cutting off
staying clear of
eluding
withdrawing
unsaying
skipping
ducking
restraining from
discarding
waiving
passing on
finessing
staying away from
scaping
holding off
axing
jilting
throwing over
doing away with
shying away from
shuffling out of
casting off
divorcing oneself from
getting off
having nothing more to do with
keeping clear of
leaving out
taking back
coming off
suspending
opting out
calling a halt to
reining in
leaving
neglecting
giving someone the push
giving the elbow
giving someone the big E
ending relations with
giving someone the air
binning off
conceding
averting
precluding
steering clear
shrinking from
staying away
shaking off
bypassing
circumventing
withstanding
skirting
sidestepping
getting out of
warding off
fending off
breaking the habit of
neutralising
UK
canceling
US
cancelling
UK
nullifying
blocking
counteracting
obviating
staving off
impeding
anticipating
counterbalancing
making up for
neutralizing
US
interfering with
hindering
negating
heading off
disinheriting
terminating
aborting
scrapping
scratching
scrubbing
shelving
rescinding
ignoring
revoking
remitting
forfeiting
turning
defecting
dumping
tergiversating
apostatizing
parting from
calling off
breaking up
dusting off
shutting off
divorcing
writing off
finishing with
forgetting about
wiping out
throwing up
retiring from
crying off
parting with
resigning from
eighty-sixing
breaking with
tossing over
walking out on
selling out
disdaining
shying
having no truck with
letting well enough alone
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
resisting
opposing
defying
hindering
impeding
obstructing
blocking
challenging
checking
combatting
combating
confronting
contesting
countering
disputing
fighting
frustrating
halting
inhibiting
preventing
protesting
restraining
stemming
stopping
thwarting
battling
relucting
counteracting
countervailing
refusing
stonewalling
fighting against
objecting to
baulking at
going against
contending with
dissenting with
kicking against
rebelling against
taking on
refusing to accept
standing up to
striving against
locking horns with
struggling against
taking a stand against
taking issue with
facing down
taking up arms against
putting up a fight against
speaking out against
setting your face against
eliminating
withstanding
ending
tackling
oppugning
warring
resolving
repelling
bucking
battling against
making a stand against
coping with
putting an end to
bringing to an end to
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to mark out the boundary or limits of
defining
bounding
demarcating
establishing
circumscribing
delimiting
determining
fixing
limiting
specifying
delineating
outlining
demarking
distinguishing
prescribing
setting
confining
marking
bordering
compassing
encircling
enclosing
encompassing
enveloping
terminating
belting
edging
flanking
girding
girdling
rimming
surrounding
verging
laying down
marking off
marking out
setting out
fencing in
staking out
walling in
setting bounds to
setting the boundaries of
setting the limits of
Noun
▲
The action of impeding a process or progress
inhibition
hindrance
impediment
obstacle
obstruction
deterrent
encumbrance
handicap
hurdle
trammel
fetter
cramp
restraint
drag
crimp
manacle
interference
barrier
chain
restriction
holdback
curb
check
baulk
UK
balk
US
shackles
snag
embarrassment
clog
let
constraint
drawback
hitch
discouragement
hazard
hampering
retardation
bridling
straitjacket
frustration
balking
US
baulking
UK
cramping
fettering
shackling
hangup
stumbling block
holding back
limitation
rein
stricture
confinement
limit
stint
condition
circumscription
block
bar
stop
brake
difficulty
burden
impedance
stoppage
prevention
damper
catch
disadvantage
setback
cumber
fly in the ointment
spanner in the works
complication
monkey wrench in the works
blockage
shackle
delay
hiccup
bridle
problem
millstone
ball and chain
control
inconvenience
interruption
holdup
facer
barricade
hamper
catch-22
monkey wrench
road block
prohibition
detriment
curtailment
deterrence
albatross
baggage
determent
cumbrance
rub
wall
preclusion
suppression
weakness
issue
defect
ceiling
clampdown
blocking
embargo
load
bottleneck
preventive
retardant
lock
inhibitor
dead weight
glitch
retardment
fetters
excess baggage
blockade
obviation
gridlock
joker
uphill
restrainer
wet blanket
millstone around your neck
hang-up
jam-up
disincentive
sticking point
preemption
bond
shortcoming
trouble
opposition
congestion
headache
checking
arrest
hobble
deadweight
slowing
psychological baggage
yoke
pitfall
defence
UK
handicapping
occlusion
millstone round someone's neck
defense
US
bonds
hold-up
chains
small difficulty
preventative
leash
circumvention
hardship
defensive measures
stumbling stone
roadblock
weary load
bump
railing
traverse
fence
halt
interception
prophylaxis
buttress
booby trap
mountain to climb
sabotage
intervention
blank wall
stone in one's path
break
reverse
reversal
blow
chill
safeguard
ban
foot dragging
hold
cloud
depressant
deal-breaker
rebuff
whammy
harness
gloom
pall
weight
order
reduction
depression
cold water
flaw
maximum
fault
cap
impairment
threshold
disablement
disorder
bound
demarcation
bounds
regulation
red tape
extent
containment
constrainment
border
perimeter
boundary
constriction
margin
confine
curfew
plateau
repression
line
cutoff point
cut-off point
upper limit
tops
line of demarcation
more ❯
Noun
▲
The restraint or repression of an idea or activity, or of feelings or reactions
suppression
restraint
inhibition
constraint
reserve
continence
discipline
discretion
repression
refrainment
control
smothering
stifling
checking
concealment
blocking
bridling
containing
deadening
muffling
containment
self-control
self-restraint
self-command
holding back
keeping back
choking back
keeping under control
reticence
shyness
modesty
diffidence
formality
coyness
reservation
reluctance
caution
aloofness
coldness
self-possession
timidity
secretiveness
calmness
unresponsiveness
quietness
silence
self-containment
willpower
backwardness
coolness
demureness
uncommunicativeness
taciturnity
will
self-discipline
self-mastery
self-government
distance
bashfulness
embarrassment
moderation
temperateness
cool
guardedness
forbearance
self-consciousness
hang-up
stand-offishness
introversion
detachment
composure
unapproachability
remoteness
aplomb
poise
frigidity
abstemiousness
inhibitedness
humility
temperance
dignity
froideur
restraining
non-indulgence
patience
countenance
abstention
frustration
uneasiness
reservedness
stopping
check
will power
awkwardness
stiltedness
woodenness
unnaturalness
forcedness
stoicism
lack of warmth
unwillingness to open up
self-effacement
overcontrol
strength of will
biting back
holding in
keeping in check
bottling up
judiciousness
prudence
grip
timorousness
timidness
nervousness
hesitancy
insecurity
unassertiveness
apprehension
unease
wariness
hesitance
discomfort
nerves
lack of confidence
psychological block
mental block
mental blockage
meekness
sheepishness
standoffishness
humbleness
mousiness
indifference
unfriendliness
frostiness
hesitation
unpretentiousness
withdrawnness
stiffness
lowliness
down-to-earthness
unsociability
inhospitality
lack of pretension
snootiness
modestness
unobtrusiveness
retiringness
unconcern
discreetness
iciness
unostentatiousness
frigidness
dispassionateness
cold-heartedness
disinterestedness
uncertainty
self-doubt
decency
stuffiness
incuriosity
submissiveness
fearfulness
haughtiness
hauteur
emotionlessness
lack of self-confidence
hostility
apathy
passivity
blushing
chilliness
unfeelingness
impersonality
dispassion
chill
lack of vanity
fear
doubt
preoccupation
loftiness
independence
proudness
separateness
shame
edginess
tension
abashment
secrecy
undemonstrativeness
unforthcomingness
caginess
sobriety
pomposity
delicacy
lack of emotion
suspicion
chariness
quiet
staidness
austerity
impassivity
lack of sympathy
lack of understanding
inflexibility
lifelessness
seriousness
impersonalness
wintriness
coquettishness
unconcernedness
lukewarmness
egolessness
humilitude
skittishness
kittenishness
self-abasement
archness
antisocial nature
affectation
flirtatiousness
lack of pride
lack of response
touch-me-not attitude
self-abnegation
nonchalance
insouciance
inferiority complex
prudishness
simpering
prudery
evasiveness
primness
coquetry
flirtation
prissiness
stoniness
uninvolvement
hardheartedness
distantness
uninterestedness
disregard
casualness
complacence
incuriousness
equanimity
torpor
lack of interest
disinterest
lack of concern
lack of involvement
more ❯
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
defeat
failure
stopping
balking
US
baulking
UK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
forestalling
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
foundering
hampering
hindering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
prevention
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
ill-success
adverse fate
hitch
disintegration
disruption
downfall
ruin
ruination
crumpling
crumbling
cropper
cessation
breakdown
falling through
falling apart
fizzling out
conking out
falling to pieces
crash
shutdown
wreck
falling down
malfunction
interruption
mishap
crackup
stoppage
halt
break
seizing up
fizzle
buckling
debacle
falling
depression
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reduction in the size, extent, or importance of something
diminution
cut
reduction
contraction
curtailment
cutback
decrease
lessening
attenuation
curtailing
weakening
constriction
deduction
limitation
limiting
lowering
restriction
abatement
cutting back
retrenchment
sapping
undermining
shortening
truncation
abbreviation
condensation
cutting
diminishment
reducing
abridgment
US
abridgement
UK
scaling down
diminishing
docking
shrinkage
curb
guillotine
cutting short
Adjective
▲
Restraining
withholding
restraining
confining
deterring
hindering
prohibiting
restrictive
Adjective
▲
That serves to suppress
suppressive
censoring
covering up
holding back
muffling
quelling
repressing
repressive
silencing
stifling
subduing
withholding
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