obstructive

Examples

• All

• The construction work created obstructive barriers that delayed traffic flow.

• His obstructive behavior during meetings often frustrated his colleagues.

• And she got back to us today because I found was not that people were being obstructive, not that they were being difficult.

• You feel a little obstructive.

  The Mouse Trap (2024)

• Before, I thought you were obstructive or inept.

  Extreme Measures (1996)

• Does prior knowledge turn out to be obstructive or conducive in these cases?

  Academic text (1998)

• The ideals of the league are not dead just because a few obstructive men now in the saddle say they are.

  Wilson (1944)

• You're not accusing him of being deliberately obstructive, I hope?

  Witness to a Kill (2001)

• Vicky, you're being simply obstructive!

  The Cobweb (1955)

• Internalized homophobia can be more painful and obstructive to health than external forms of oppression.

  Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

I

in the way

vsobstructive

519 2.4

Something that stops progress or blocks movement

describes that direct blocking effect as a physical hindrance

I

in someone's way

vsobstructive

18 3.2

Keeping someone from doing something by blocking them or causing problems

covers this but as a general blocking or hindering force

O

occlusive

vsobstructive

• Specialized

1 8.2

Making a passage or opening become blocked

is the general term for causing a blockage or hindrance

H

hindering

vsobstructive

5.9

Causing delay or blocking progress

focuses on an actual blockage that stops movement or progress

C

clogging

vsobstructive

4.6

Something that blocks the normal flow of liquid or traffic

is the broader idea of causing blockage or hindrance

I

inhibitive

vsobstructive

7.5

That makes something difficult to do or slow to happen

implies an actual blocking or stopping rather than mere slowing

I

interferential

vsobstructive

8.7

Causing problems that stop or slow a process

is more about stopping movement or progress by direct blockage

Antonyms

E

enabling

• Formal

5.6

To give legal authority to do something

Compounds

C

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

• Specialized

1 4.4

A long-term lung disease that makes breathing difficult and often comes from smoking

O

obstructive shock

• Specialized

8.1

A condition where blood flow is blocked so organs do not get enough blood

How Obstructive

impassable

13 5.3

obstructive

6 6.2

clear

866 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology