hinder
verb
[ ˈhɪndə ]
• make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen.
• "language barriers hindered communication between scientists"
Similar:
hamper,
be a hindrance to,
obstruct,
impede,
inhibit,
retard,
balk,
thwart,
foil,
baffle,
curb,
delay,
arrest,
interfere with,
set back,
slow down,
hold back,
hold up,
forestall,
stop,
halt,
restrict,
restrain,
constrain,
block,
check,
curtail,
frustrate,
cramp,
handicap,
cripple,
hamstring,
shackle,
fetter,
encumber,
stymie,
throw a spoke in the wheel of,
bork,
cumber,
trammel,
Origin:
Old English hindrian ‘injure or damage’, of Germanic origin; related to German hindern, also to behind.
hinder
adjective
• (especially of a bodily part) rear; hind.
• "the hinder end of its body"
Origin:
Middle English: perhaps from Old English hinderweard ‘backward’, related to behind.
