hindrancen.
/ˈhɪndrəns/ The action or fact of hindering.† 1. Injury, damage, hurt, disadvantage. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [noun]
burstc1000
harmOE
scatheOE
teenOE
evil healc1175
waningc1175
hurt?c1225
quede?c1225
balec1275
damage1300
follyc1300
grill13..
ungain13..
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eviltyc1330
wem1338
impairment1340
marring1357
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sorrowc1380
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hindering1390
noyinga1398
bresta1400
envya1400
wemminga1400
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wilc1400
blemishing1413
lesion?a1425
nocument?a1425
injuryc1430
mischieving1432
hindrance1436
detrimenta1440
ill1470
untroth1470
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remordc1485
unhappinessc1485
grudge1491
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perishment1540
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impeach1575
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mishap1587
endamagement1593
blemishment1596
mischievance1600
damnificationa1631
oblesion1656
mishanter1754
vitiation1802
mar1876
jeel1887
1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Songs (Rolls) II. 176 To oure losse and hinderaunce.
c1460 R. Roos tr. La Belle Dame sans Mercy 602 Thus hurtes ben of dyvers businesse Which love hath put to right gret hinderaunce.
a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xiiii. sig. H.iiiiv That he shoulde neuer..doe anye other beast anye harme or hinderaunce.
1590 J. Smythe in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (1843) (Camden) 56 The book..is now forbidden to be soulde, greatly to the hindrance of the pore printer.
1597 T. Morley Plaine & Easie Introd. Musicke 158 Nothing may be either added or taken away without great hinderance to the other parts.
2.
a. Obstruction, prevention of progress or action.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun]
lettingOE
leta1175
marring1357
impediment1398
impeachment1432
unhelpc1449
interruption1463
impeach1511
hindrance1526
prevening1557
offence1578
cross1600
impedition1623
obstructing1641
impede1659
objectiona1667
bottleneck1886
dead wood1887
log-jam1890
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oi Which ben great let & hynderance to the same.
1576 A. Fleming tr. Lentulus in Panoplie Epist. 49 Notwithstanding their impediments, provided for my hinderaunce.
1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 248 Full liberty to speak without hinderance.
1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding iii. xi. 252 Reason to doubt, whether Language..has contributed more to the improvement or hindrance of Knowledge.
1856 C. J. Lever Martins of Cro' Martin 193 To follow their own wayward fancies, without let or hinderance.
1879 F. T. Pollok Sport Brit. Burmah II. 5 We went about freely; there was not the slightest hindrance.
b. with a and plural. An instance or cause of this; an impediment, obstacle.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > one who or that which hinders > a hindrance, impediment, or obstacle
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obstaclec1385
traversea1393
mara1400
bayc1440
stoppagec1450
barrace1480
blocka1500
objecta1500
clog1526
stumbling-stone1526
bar1530
(to cast) a trump in (one's) way1548
stumbling-stock1548
hindrance1576
a log in one's way1579
crossbar1582
log1589
rub1589
threshold1600
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dam1602
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obstructiona1616
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affront1642
retardance1645
stick1645
balk1660
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sprun1684
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cross cause1696
uncomplaisance1707
barrier1712
obstruct1747
dike1770
abatis1808
underbrush1888
bunker1900
bump1909
sprag1914
hurdle1924
headwind1927
mudhole1933
monkey wrench1937
roadblock1945
1576 A. Fleming tr. Hippocrates in Panoplie Epist. 288 Younge children, whose age is a hinderaunce.
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. iii. §7. 40 The Temple..hauing receiued so many hinderances from the first foundation to the second of Darius.
1759 J. Mills tr. H. L. Duhamel du Monceau Pract. Treat. Husbandry iii. xii. 408 With no hinderances or obstructions.
1877 W. Sparrow Serm. iv. 56 They become..hindrances rather than helps in the matter of religion.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hinder [verb (transitive)]
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shrenchc897
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amarOE
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impeachc1380
stopc1380
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hindc1426
to hold abackc1440
appeachc1460
impeditec1535
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obstacle1538
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trip1548
embarrass1578
dam1582
to clip the wings ofa1593
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uppen1600
straiten1607
rub1608
impediment1610
impedea1616
to put out1616
to put off1631
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obstruct1645
incommodiate1650
offend1651
sufflaminate1656
hindrance1664
disassist1671
clog1679
muzzle1706
squeeze1804
to take the wind out of the sails of1822
throttle1825
block1844
overslaugh1853
snag1863
gum1901
slow-walk1965
1664 M. Casaubon ( (title) ed. 2) Of the Necessity of Reformation..and what (visibly) hath most hindranced it.
ˈhindranceful adj. full of hindrances or obstacles; obstructive.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [adjective]
hindering1390
catching?a1430
lettingc1430
lumpering1519
thorter1533
impedient1596
thortersome1606
obstructive1611
obstructing1649
impeditive1651
impeding1717
obstruent1749
hindersome1881
obstructionary1881
hindranceful1889
inhibitive1899
counterproductive1959
1889 F. A. Kemble Far Away & Long Ago iii. 31 The helpful or hindranceful damsel who condescended..to endure the condition of servant.
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