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All obstructive synonyms

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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.
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