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blocking
noun as in disadvantage(s)
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- adverse circumstance
- bar
- burden
- defect
- deficiency
- deprivation
- detriment
- disability
- discommodity
- drawback
- failing
- fault
- flaw
- fly in the ointment
- hamper
- hardship
- hindrance
- impediment
- imperfection
- imposition
- inadequacy
- inconvenience
- inutility
- lack
- liability
- limitation
- minus
- nuisance
- objection
- obstacle
- privation
- problem
- restraint
- snag
- stumbling block
- weak point
- weakness
noun as in engraving
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in frustration
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in imperviousness
Strong matches
noun as in insusceptibility
Weak matches
- battle
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- imperviousness
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in interference
noun as in obstruction
noun as in renitence
Weak matches
- battle
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- intransigence
- obstruction
- opposition
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- renitency
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in renitency
Weak matches
- battle
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- intransigence
- obstruction
- opposition
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- renitence
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
noun as in resistance
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in unsusceptibility
Weak match
Example Sentences
“Her wingspan is so long. She’s blocking shots all the time.”
The conservative-majority Supreme Court could find the tariffs illegal, blocking duties imposed on goods from countries worldwide.
Alt, the best player on the offensive line, had returned for the Week 8 game against Minnesota and his presence was noticeable in both run blocking and protection of Herbert’s blind side.
The rule has traditionally been favored by lawmakers as a means of blocking particularly partisan measures, and is currently being used by Democrats to resist the will of the current 53-seat Republican majority.
One message to Mrs McCann read: "I beg you to stop blocking my number... you are my real mother."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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