All obstructive synonyms
ob·struct
O o adjective obstructive
- troublesome — causing trouble, annoyance, or difficulty; vexatious: a troublesome situation; a troublesome person.
- against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- allergic — If you are allergic to something, you become ill or get a rash when you eat it, smell it, or touch it.
- antipathetic — having or arousing a strong aversion
- antonymous — of, or having the nature of, an antonym; opposite in meaning
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- averse — If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it.
- battling — a hostile encounter or engagement between opposing military forces: the battle of Waterloo.
- clashing — to make a loud, harsh noise: The gears of the old car clashed and grated.
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- confronting — Present participle of confront.
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- defending — making a defence
- defensive — You use defensive to describe things that are intended to protect someone or something.
- denying — to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true: to deny an accusation.
- disagreeing — Present participle of disagree.
- disputed — to engage in argument or debate.
- disputing — to engage in argument or debate.
- dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- enemy — A person who is actively opposed or hostile to someone or something.
- exposing — Present participle of expose.
- facing — the front part of the head, from the forehead to the chin.
- gainsaying — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- hostile — of, relating to, or characteristic of an enemy: a hostile nation.
- incompatible — not compatible; unable to exist together in harmony: She asked for a divorce because they were utterly incompatible.
- inimical — adverse in tendency or effect; unfavorable; harmful: a climate inimical to health.
- irreconcilable — incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
- objecting — anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- repelling — to drive or force back (an assailant, invader, etc.).
- restrictive — tending or serving to restrict.
- rival — a person who is competing for the same object or goal as another, or who tries to equal or outdo another; competitor.
- up against — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- warring — a conflict carried on by force of arms, as between nations or between parties within a nation; warfare, as by land, sea, or air.
- adversarial — If you describe something as adversarial, you mean that it involves two or more people or organizations who are opposing each other.