embolus, embolism [Med.]; infarct [Med.]; interruption, interception,
interclusion†; hindrance, impedition†; retardment†, retardation;
embarrassment, oppilation†; coarctation†, stricture, restriction;
restraint &c 751; inhibition &c 761; blockade &c (closure) 261.
interference, interposition; obtrusion; discouragement,
discountenance.
impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot, knag†; check, hitch,
contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil.
bar, stile, barrier; [barrier to vehicles] turnstile, turnpike;
gate, portcullis.
beaver dam; trocha†; barricade &c (defense) 717; wall, dead wall,
sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne†; bulkhead, block, buffer; stopper &c
263; boom, dam, weir, burrock†.
drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the
path, snag; snags and sawyers.
encumbrance, incumbrance†; clog, skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag
chain, drag weight; stay, stop; preventive, prophylactic; load, burden,
fardel†, onus, millstone round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight;
lumber, pack; nightmare, Ephialtes†, incubus, old man of the sea;
remora.
difficulty &c 704; insuperable &c 471; obstacle; estoppel [Law];
ill wind; head wind &c (opposition) 708; trammel, tether &c (means of
restraint) 752; hold back, counterpoise.
[person who hinders] damper, wet blanket, hinderer, marplot,
killjoy; party pooper [Coll.]; party crasher, interloper.
trail of a red herring; opponent &c 710.
V. hinder, impede, filibuster [U.S.], impedite†, embarrass.
keep off, stave off, ward off; obviate; avert, antevert†; turn
aside, draw off, prevent, forefend, nip in the bud; retard, slacken,
check, let; counteract, countercheck†; preclude, debar, foreclose, estop
[Law]; inhibit &c 761; shackle &c (restrain) 751; restrict.
obstruct, stop, stay, bar, bolt, lock; block, block up; choke off;
belay, barricade; block the way, bar the way, stop the way; forelay†;
dam up &c (close) 261; put on the brake &c n.; scotch the wheel, lock
the wheel, put a spoke in the wheel; put a stop to &c 142; traverse,
contravene; interrupt, intercept; oppose &c 708; hedge in, hedge round;
cut off; inerclude†.
interpose, interfere, intermeddle &c 682.
cramp, hamper; clog, clog the wheels; cumber; encumber, incumber;
handicap; choke; saddle with, load with; overload, lay; lumber,
trammel, tie one's hands, put to inconvenience; incommode, discommode;
discompose; hustle, corner, drive into a corner.
run foul of, fall foul of; cross the path of, break in upon.
thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze†, feeze
[U.S.]; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat &c 731; spike guns
&c (render useless) 645; spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple &c
(injure) 659; put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten &c (dissuade)
616; discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet
blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take
the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the
way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck.
Adj. hindering &c v.; obstructive, obstruent†; impeditive†, impedient†;
intercipient†; prophylactic &c (remedial) 662; impedimentary.
in the way of, unfavorable; onerous, burdensome; cumbrous,
cumbersome; obtrusive.
hindered &c v.; windbound†, waterlogged, heavy laden; hard pressed.
unassisted &c (assist) &c 707; single-handed, alone; deserted &c
624.
Phr. occurrent nubes [Lat.].