Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget
2. Active Antagonism
524 words | Chapter 143
#706. Hindrance.—N. prevention, preclusion, obstruction, stoppage;
embolus, embolism [medical]; infarct [medical]; interruption,
interception, interclusion|; hindrance, impedition|; retardment[obs3],
retardation; embarrassment, oppilation|!; coarctation[obs3], stricture,
restriction; restraint &c. 751; inhibition &c. 761; blockade &c.
(closure) 261. interference, interposition; obtrusion; discouragement,
discountenance. impediment, let, obstacle, obstruction, knot,
knag[obs3]; check, hitch, contretemps, screw loose, grit in the oil.
bar, stile, barrier; [barrier to vehicles] turnstile, turnpike; gate,
portcullis. beaver dam; trocha[obs3]; barricade &c. (defense) 717;
wall, dead wall, sea wall, levee breakwater, groyne[obs3]; bulkhead,
block, buffer; stopper &c. 263; boom, dam, weir, burrock[obs3].
drawback, objection; stumbling-block, stumbling-stone; lion in the
path, snag; snags and sawyers. encumbrance, incumbrance[obs3]; clog,
skid, shoe, spoke; drag, drag chain, drag weight; stay, stop;
preventive, prophylactic; load, burden, fardel[obs3], onus, millstone
round one's neck, impedimenta; dead weight; lumber, pack; nightmare,
Ephialtes[obs3], 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[obs3], 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[obs3]; 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[obs3]; 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[obs3], feeze [obs3][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[obs3];
impeditive[obs3], impedient[obs3]; intercipient|; prophylactic &c.
(remedial) 662; impedimentary. in the way of, unfavorable; onerous,
burdensome; cumbrous, cumbersome; obtrusive. hindered &c v.;
windbound[obs3], waterlogged, heavy laden; hard pressed. unassisted &c.
(see assist &c. 707); single-handed, alone; deserted &c. 624. Phr.
occurrent nubes[Lat].
#707. Aid.—N. aid, aidance[obs3]; assistance, help, opitulation|,
succor; support, lift, advance, furtherance, promotion; coadjuvancy &c.
(cooperation) 709[obs3]. patronage, championship, countenance, favor,
interest, advocacy. sustentation, subvention, alimentation, nutrition,
nourishment; eutrophy; manna in the wilderness; food &c. 298; means &c.
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