Synonyms for impeding
- block
- curb
- cut off
- delay
- deter
- disrupt
- hamper
- interfere
- retard
- slow
- stymie
- thwart
- bar
- brake
- check
- clog
- dam
- discomfit
- disconcert
- embarrass
- faze
- freeze
- oppose
- rattle
- restrain
- stonewall
- stop
- blow whistle on
- close off
- cramp one's style
- flag one
- hang up
- hold up
- saddle with
- shut down
- shut off
- slow down
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Antonyms for impeding
- advance
- aid
- allow
- assist
- encourage
- expedite
- forward
- help
- permit
- promote
- push
- comfort
- continue
- free
- go
- liberate
- open
- release
- soothe
- unblock
- unclog
- facilitate
- support
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deterring
adjective. stopping
disturbing
adjective. disquieting
- aggravating
- agitating
- alarming
- annoying
- bothersome
- burdensome
- consequential
- creepy
- depressing
- difficult
- disagreeable
- discomforting
- discommoding
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discouraging
- dismaying
- distressing
- embarrassing
- foreboding
- frightening
- gloomy
- harassing
- hard
- impeding
- inconvenient
- 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
imperviousness
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- check
- combat
- contention
- counteraction
- cover
- defiance
- detention
- fight
- friction
- halting
- hindrance
- holding
- immunity
- impedance
- impediment
- impeding
- insusceptibility
- intransigence
- obstruction
- parrying
- protecting
- protection
- rebuff
- refusal
- retardation
- safeguard
- screen
- shield
- stand
- striking back
- struggle
- support
- unsusceptibility
- warding off
- watch
- withstanding
insusceptibility
noun. resistance
- battle
- blocking
- 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
meddlesome
adjective. interfering
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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