All stumbling block synonyms

noun stumbling block

• hindrance — an impeding, stopping, preventing, or the like.
• minuses — less by the subtraction of; decreased by: Ten minus six is four.
• blank wall — an impassable barricade or obstacle; a situation in which further progress is impossible: Attempts to get information by questioning the neighbors ran into a blank wall.
• grain of salt — salt crystal
• drawback — a hindrance or disadvantage; an undesirable or objectionable feature.
• impedance — Electricity. the total opposition to alternating current by an electric circuit, equal to the square root of the sum of the squares of the resistance and reactance of the circuit and usually expressed in ohms. Symbol: Z.
• hurdle — a portable barrier over which contestants must leap in certain running races, usually a wooden frame with a hinged inner frame that swings down under impact to prevent injury to a runner who does not clear it.
• catch — If you catch a person or animal, you capture them after chasing them, or by using a trap, net, or other device.
• obstruction — something that obstructs, blocks, or closes up with an obstacle or obstacles; obstacle or hindrance: obstructions to navigation.
• flipflop — Alternative form of flip-flop.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• bar — A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
• hang up — the way in which a thing hangs.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• arduousness — requiring great exertion; laborious; difficult: an arduous undertaking.
• discommodity — inconvenience; disadvantageousness.
• downside — the lower side or part.
• handicap — a race or other contest in which certain disadvantages or advantages of weight, distance, time, etc., are placed upon competitors to equalize their chances of winning.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
• fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
• dead-end — terminating in a dead end: a dead-end street.
• containment — Containment is the action or policy of keeping another country's power or area of control within acceptable limits or boundaries.
• obstacle — something that obstructs or hinders progress.
• barrier — A barrier is something such as a rule, law, or policy that makes it difficult or impossible for something to happen or be achieved.
• cumbrance — a burden, obstacle, or hindrance
• inutility — uselessness.
• laboriousness — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
• cropper — a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
• hitch — to fasten or tie, especially temporarily, by means of a hook, rope, strap, etc.; tether: Steve hitched the horse to one of the posts.
• disincentive — something that discourages or deters; deterrent: High interest rates and government regulations are disincentives to investment.
• in-convenience — the quality or state of being inconvenient.