Reverse Dictionary: HINDRANCE

ADJECTIVES
► BARFUL full of bars or hindrances → 1601 obs.
► LETLESS without let or hindrance → 1375 obs.

NOUNS
► ALBATROSS a source of frustration, obstruction, or guilt, from which it is difficult to rid oneself; a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance → 1883
► ALBATROSS AROUND ONE’S NECK guilt, the haunting past, an unforgettable problem; a source of frustration or obstruction; a burden, an encumbrance; a hindrance → 1883
► ANNOIE hindrance, molestation, uneasiness → 1795 obs. (Bk.)
► BACKENING a hindrance → 1878 Eng. dial.
► BACKSET a check, a hindrance; a reverse, misfortune → 1721
► BALK ► BAULK a hindrance, check, or defeat → 1660
► BARRACE a hindrance, obstruction, delay → 1480 obs.
► BLIN delay, hindrance → 1911 Sc. (Bk.)
► CROSSBAR an impediment, hindrance, obstruction; an untoward circumstance, misfortune → 1582 obs.
► CROSS CAUSE a hindrance → 1696 obs.
► CUMBER that which hinders; a hindrance, obstruction, encumbrance, burden → c1425
► CUMBERING hindrance, encumbrance, embarrassment → a1340
► CUMBERMENT hindrance, embarrassment, entanglement → 1595
► CUMBRANCE a hindering, encumbering, or burdening; hindrance, burden, encumbrance → 1535 obs.
► DENIAL a disadvantage, detriment, hindrance; loss, injury; a disappointment → 1895 Eng. dial.
► DETERRENCE a hindrance; that which deters → 1861
► FALL-BACK a hindrance → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► HANDERMENT obstruction, delay, hindrance → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► IMPEACH hindrance, impediment, prevention → 1551 obs.
► IMPEACHMENT hindrance, prevention, obstruction; impediment, obstacle → 1432 obs.
► LANGEL a hindrance → 1892 Eng. dial.
► LET a hindrance; an obstacle → 1702 US
► LETTING delaying, hindering; a hindrance, an obstacle → c1020 arch.
► MAR a hindrance, obstruction; an impediment in speech → a1300 obs.
► MARRING hindrance → a1300 obs.
► MONKEY-WRENCH an obstruction, a hindrance → 1907
► ODDS difference, hindrance → 1899 Amer. dial.
► OFFSET a hindrance, delay; a setback, anything that causes delay; an illness; the time wasted by any hindrance → 1865 Sc.
► REMORE hindrance, delay → 1627 obs.
► TAIGLE a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay → 1880 Sc.
► TAIGLIN a hindrance, delay, or cause of delay → 1880 Sc.
► TARRIANCE the causing of delay; hindrance → 1598 obs.

NOUNS – PERSON
► HINDERMATE a spouse or companion who is a hindrance → a1843
► WET NOODLE a person who is a hindrance when it comes to having fun → 1995 US sl. (Bk.)

VERBS
► INTERFERE to cause annoyance or hindrance → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)