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impeding
adjective as in counter
adjective as in deterring
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adjective as in disturbing
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adjective as in meddlesome
adjective as in perturbing
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adjective as in troublous
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- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- disquieting
- disruptive
- distressful
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- inconvenient
- intrusive
- irksome
- irritating
- laborious
- ominous
- onerous
- painful
- perplexing
- perturbing
- pessimistic
- prophetic
- provoking
- severe
- sinister
- startling
- threatening
- tiresome
- toilsome
- troublesome
- troubling
- trying
- uncertain
- unpleasant
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- wearisome
- worrisome
- worrying
adjective as in unsettling
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adjective as in upsetting
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adverb as in underfoot
noun as in imperviousness
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noun as in insusceptibility
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- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- 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 renitence
Weak matches
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- 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
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- impedance
- impediment
- 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
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Example Sentences
Just recently, a march on the Ferguson police station ended with protestors quickly arrested for impeding traffic.
The issue is making sure every ballot cast is counted, not impeding the individual freedom to fill out a form.
In fact, the myth itself is potentially a greater danger—prone to impeding efforts when help is needed most.
There was no crowding or impeding haste in their dumb exodus.
I went on gayly with my pious guide and his hopeful companion, no sinister accident impeding our journey.
There was another element impeding his progress which he by no means ignored—that was the Blue Goose.
For the crowd had already begun to press behind, and, stretching nearly across the roadway, was impeding the traffic.
Merle, with his world-weary gesture, swept the impeding lock from his pale brow and set pained eyes upon his father by adoption.
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On this page you'll find 602 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to impeding, such as: antithetical, anti, antipodal, conflicting, contradictory, and contrary.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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