HINDER, HINDERED, HINDERING
ADJECTIVES
► BELATED hindered, behind the time → 1899 Amer. dial. arch.
► CUMBERED encumbered; hindered, hampered, occupied obstructively → 1590
► IMPEDIBLE that can be impeded, obstructed, or hindered → 1655 obs.
► IMPEDIENT obstructive, hindering, impeding → 1596
► IMPEDITE impeded, obstructed, hindered; having an impediment, defective → 1544 obs.
► LETTED hindered, impeded → 1388 obs.
► LETTING hindering → c1450 obs.
► LETTY that hinders → 1642 Eng. dial.
► TIGSUM hindersome; wearisome, tedious → 1880 Sc.
NOUNS
► CUMBRANCE a hindering, encumbering, or burdening; hindrance, burden, encumbrance → 1535 obs.
► IMPEDITION the act of impeding; hindering → 1623 obs.
► LETTING delaying, hindering; a hindrance, an obstacle → c1020 arch.
► OBROGATION an interrupting or hindering → 1658 obs.
► OBVARICATION a hindering or obstructing one in his passage → 1658 obs.
► TAMTARRIE ► TAMTARY the state of being detained under frivolous pretenses; the state of being hindered → 1773 Sc. obs.
► TARDATION the act of delaying, delay, postponement; slackening of speed, retardation, hindering → 1500-20 obs.
► TARDIDATION the act of delaying, delay, postponement; a hindering, retarding → 1647 obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► LET-GAME one who hinders the game; a spoilsport → c1374 obs.
► MAR-ALL one who hinders the success of any undertaking → 1611 obs.
► MARPLOT one who mars or defeats a plot or design by officious interference, or hinders the success of any undertaking → 1708
► OBJECT one who hinders → c1450
► TARRIER one who or that which delays someone; a hinderer, an obstructor; an obstruction → 1614 obs.
VERBS
► ABSTER to deter, to hinder, to frighten off → 1542 obs.
► AIL to hinder, to prevent → 1817 Sc.
► APER ► APPER to hinder → 1877 Sc.
► BACK-HEAVE to hinder → 1898 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► BALK to hinder, to prevent, to thwart, to impede → 1865 Eng. dial.
► BELATE to make late, to detain beyond the usual time, to delay; to hinder → 1642
► CLOUD THE TRAIL to hinder a person in his endeavour to accomplish something → 1945
► COHIBIT to restrain, check, hinder; to restrict → 1544
► CRIMP to hinder → colloq., chiefly US
► CUMBER to hamper, to embarrass, to hinder, to get in the way of → 1487
► DAIDLE to hinder or obstruct → 1910 Sc.
► DISANNUL to forbid, to hinder, to refuse → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► DISASSIST to do the reverse of assisting; to hinder, to obstruct → 1669 obs.
► DISTROUBLE to trouble greatly; to hinder; to disturb; to perplex → c1369 obs.
► DWELL to hinder, to delay → a1175 obs.
► IMPEACH 1. to impede, to hinder, to prevent → c1380 obs.
2. to hinder the action, progress, or well-being of; to affect detrimentally or prejudicially; to hurt, to harm, to injure, to endamage, to impair → 1563 obs.
3. to hinder access to; to blockade → 1586 obs.
► LANTER to foil, to impede, to hinder → 1928 Sc.
► LATTEN to hinder, to retard → 1790 Eng. dial.
► LET to hinder, to prevent, to obstruct, to stand in the way of → c888 arch.
► MAGGLE to impede, to hinder, to inconvenience → a1813 Sc.
► MAR to hamper, to hinder, to interfere with, to interrupt or stop a person, event, or thing → c1000 obs.
► MOZ to hinder, to interrupt someone; to jinx someone → c1920 Aust. sl.
► MOZZLE to hinder, to interrupt → 1920s Aust. sl.
► NOBBLE to sabotage, esp. to hinder or defeat a rival → 1856 Brit. sl.
► OBVARICATE to hinder, obstruct or stop one in his passage → 1623 obs.
► OPPONE 1. to set against by way of hindrance, check, or resistance; to place as an obstacle → 1570 obs.
2. to endeavour to hinder, thwart, or overthrow; to withstand, to resist, to combat; to stand in the way of, to obstruct → 1610 obs.
► PERDISTURB to disturb or hinder greatly → 1538 obs.
► PIMP to hinder or put down → 1970 US students’ sl. (Bk.)
► PUT A SCOTCH ON A PERSON’S WHEEL to check or hinder him → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► PUT A SPOKE IN ONE’S WHEEL to hinder or stop anyone from carrying out some action or intention → 1945 US Western usage (Bk.)
► REMORATE to detain, delay, hinder, obstruct → 1638 obs.
► REMORE to hinder, to delay → 1641 obs.
► SCOTCH to stop, to give up; to hinder; to hesitate; to deduct, to curtail → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUFFLAMINATE to hinder → 1660
► TAIGLE ► TEAGLE to entangle, to impede, or to hinder in course or action; to keep back, to retard, to detain, to delay → 1635 Sc.
► TAIGLE THE CLEEK to hold things up, to hinder progress; to shirk one’s work → 1951 Sc.
► TARRY to detain, to delay, to retard, to keep back a person or agent for a time; to keep waiting; to hold in check, to impede, to hinder → 1340 obs.
► TENT to prevent, to hinder → 1781 Eng. dial.
► TETTER to hinder, to delay → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► THROW to hinder; to disarrange; to disappoint; to defeat → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► TIE DOWN to hinder; to confine; to restrict; to curtail → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► TIFF to hinder, to delay, to struggle against; to struggle physically; to make a great effort → 1899 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► WARN to prevent, to hinder, to restrain from action → c888 obs.