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Adjective
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Restraining
withholding
restraining
confining
curbing
deterring
prohibiting
restrictive
Adjective
▲
Hindering
obstructing
in the way
obstruent
Adjective
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Causing or tending to cause deliberate difficulties and delays
obstructive
difficult
contrary
awkward
disobliging
unaccommodating
uncooperative
unhelpful
blocking
delaying
inhibiting
restrictive
stalling
balky
bloody-minded
bolshie
perverse
thrawn
unconstructive
contrarious
disruptive
froward
frustrating
making difficulties
obstreperous
spoiling
filibustering
obstructionist
delay
timewasting
Adjective
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Characterized by the tendency to harass
harassive
bullying
Adjective
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Meant to delay or put off
delaying
halting
obstructive
procrastinating
cunctative
dallying
dilatory
moratory
retardant
temporisingUK
temporizingUS
tarrying
dawdling
loitering
sluggish
laggard
slothful
creeping
lagging
leisurely
crawling
postponing
tardy
snaillike
idle
slow
indolent
ponderous
plodding
leaden
more ❯
Adjective
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Inclined or having a tendency to meddle or interfere in other people's business
meddlesome
interfering
intrusive
meddling
officious
prying
intruding
busy
intermeddling
nosy
obtrusive
importunate
inquisitive
mischievous
nosey
presuming
presumptuous
protrusive
pushing
pushy
snooping
snoopy
busybody
chisellingUK
chiselingUS
curious
encumbering
gossipy
impeding
impertinent
interposing
interrupting
kibitzing
nebby
obstructive
pragmatic
tampering
troublesome
more ❯
Adjective
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That causes discouragement
discouraging
depressing
disappointing
disheartening
dispiriting
off-putting
unpropitious
dampening
daunting
unfavourableUK
demoralisingUK
demoralizingUS
gloomy
inauspicious
unpromising
black
bleak
dejecting
depressive
deterring
disadvantageous
dismal
dismaying
dissuading
dreary
inopportune
ominous
oppressive
repressing
unfavorableUS
upsetting
not encouraging
not hopeful
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Tending to dissuade, or divert form a measure or purpose
dissuasive
discouraging
cautionary
deterring
dissuading
off-putting
warning
admonitory
disincentive
inhibitive
monitory
opposing
remonstrative
deterrent
unsupportive
disheartening
disappointing
depressing
unpropitious
dispiriting
dampening
daunting
unfavourableUK
unpromising
gloomy
demoralizingUS
inauspicious
repressing
bleak
oppressive
ominous
black
dismal
inopportune
depressive
dreary
dismaying
unfavorableUS
dejecting
disadvantageous
upsetting
demoralisingUK
not encouraging
not hopeful
Adjective
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Able or intended to restrict or prevent
deterrent
preventive
preventative
restrictive
constraining
restraining
inhibitory
limiting
obstructive
inhibiting
protective
defensive
precautionary
preemptive
anticipatory
proactive
pre-emptive
counteractive
preclusive
prophylactic
blocking
defending
deterring
confining
restricting
cramping
definitive
hampering
constricting
prohibitive
prohibitory
antagonistic
off-putting
holding back
Adjective
▲
Likely to lead to an adverse or bad outcome
counter
adverse
hostile
prejudicial
unfriendly
antagonistic
inimical
unfavorableUS
negative
opposed
unsympathetic
obstructive
unfavourableUK
untoward
disadvantageous
impeding
anti
damaging
bad
harmful
detrimental
destructive
injurious
adversarial
inauspicious
unpropitious
inhospitable
ill
inopportune
untimely
more ❯
Noun
▲
The prevention of the progress, success, or fulfillment of something
frustration
blocking
foiling
spoiling
thwarting
obstruction
circumvention
countering
defeat
failure
stopping
balkingUS
baulkingUK
checking
crushing
dashing
derailment
disappointment
forestalling
quashing
scotching
baffling
collapse
crippling
curbing
foundering
hampering
impediment
setback
snookering
stifling
blow
contravention
hindrance
nonfulfillment
nonfulfilment
prevention
scuppering
unfulfillment
disturbance
nonsuccess
non-success
lack of success
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to impede the work or progress of
obstructing
hampering
impeding
arresting
delaying
blocking
checking
handicapping
inhibiting
retarding
stopping
thwarting
frustrating
stymieing
cramping
encumbering
hamstringing
baulkingUK
curbing
fettering
foiling
trammelling
trammeling
forestalling
hobbling
preventing
shackling
constraining
crippling
curtailing
deterring
halting
interrupting
opposing
restraining
restricting
bottlenecking
clogging
handcuffing
prohibiting
baffling
burdening
crimping
cumbering
embarrassing
manacling
muzzling
neutralisingUK
neutralizingUS
balkingUS
barring
borking
choking
contravening
counteracting
crabbing
debarring
interfering
resisting
holding back
holding up
interfering with
slowing down
getting in the way
setting back
boxing in
hog-tying
lousing up
short-circuiting
shutting out
tying up
throwing a spanner in the works
throwing a spoke in the wheel of
throwing a monkey wrench in the works of
“He won't do anything that will hinder him as a player, and he will do nothing that reduces his standing as a man.”
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