All obstructive synonyms

adjective obstructive

• disruptive — causing, tending to cause, or caused by disruption; disrupting: the disruptive effect of their rioting.
• uncooperative — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
• unhelpful — giving or rendering aid or assistance; of service: Your comments were very helpful.
• obstreperous — resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
• awkward — An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with.
• hindering — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• frustrating — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• opposing — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• opposite — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
• antithetical — Something that is antithetical to something else is the opposite of it and is unable to exist with it.
• anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
• antipodal — of or relating to diametrically opposite points on the earth's surface
• conflicting — clashing; contradictory
• contradictory — If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
• contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
• contrasting — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
• converse — If you converse with someone, you talk to them. You can also say that two people converse.
• impeding — to retard in movement or progress by means of obstacles or hindrances; obstruct; hinder.
• obverse — the side of a coin, medal, flag, etc., that bears the principal design (opposed to reverse).
• opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• adverse — Adverse decisions, conditions, or effects are unfavourable to you.
• against — If one thing is leaning or pressing against another, it is touching it.
• antagonistic — If a person is antagonistic to someone or something, they show hatred or dislike towards them.
• antipodean — Antipodean describes people or things that come from or relate to Australia and New Zealand.
• diametric — of, relating to, or along a diameter
• polar — of or relating to the North or South Pole.
• interfering — to come into opposition, as one thing with another, especially with the effect of hampering action or procedure (often followed by with): Constant distractions interfere with work.
• intrusive — tending or apt to intrude; coming without invitation or welcome: intrusive memories of a lost love.
• meddling — to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: Stop meddling in my personal life!
• nosy — unduly curious about the affairs of others; prying; meddlesome.
• pushy — obnoxiously forward or self-assertive.
• busy — A busy time is a period of time during which you have a lot of things to do.
• busybody — If you refer to someone as a busybody, you are criticizing the way they interfere in other people's affairs.
• chiselling — (British) present participle of chisel.
• chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
• curious — eager to learn; inquisitive
• encumbering — Present participle of encumber.
• impertinent — intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
• intermeddling — Present participle of intermeddle.
• interposing — Present participle of interpose.
• interrupting — to cause or make a break in the continuity or uniformity of (a course, process, condition, etc.).
• intruding — Present participle of intrude.
• kibitzing — to act as a kibitzer.
• mischievous — maliciously or playfully annoying.
• officious — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
• prying — that pries; looking or searching curiously.
• snooping — to prowl or pry; go about in a sneaking, prying way.
• snoopy — characterized by meddlesome curiosity; prying.
• tampering — to meddle, especially for the purpose of altering, damaging, or misusing (usually followed by with): Someone has been tampering with the lock.