hindrance
noun/ˈhɪndɹəns/
Etymology
From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance.
- inherited from hinderance
Definitions
Something which hinders
Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]
The state or act of hindering something.
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
The neighborhood
- synonymbar
- synonymdrag
- synonymbarrier
- synonymbone in the throat
- synonymbump in the road
- synonymhindrance
- synonymimpediment
- synonymobstruction
- synonymobstacle
- synonymencumbrance
- synonymhurdle
- synonymroadblock
- neighborhinder
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for hindrance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA