Related Words:
- drawback
collapse - the quality of being a hindrance; "he pointed out all the drawbacks to my plan" related words >
- abatement,
- agio,
- allowance,
- bank discount,
- blemish,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- breakage,
- bug,
- cash discount,
- catch,
- chain discount,
- charge-off,
- concession,
- cordon,
- crack,
- curtain,
- cut,
- damage,
- deduction,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- depreciation,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- detriment,
- difficulty,
- disability,
- disadvantage,
- discount,
- evil,
- failing,
- failure,
- fault,
- faute,
- flaw,
- foible,
- frailty,
- handicap,
- hang-up,
- harm,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hole,
- hurdle,
- hurt,
- ill,
- impairment,
- impediment,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- inconvenience,
- infirmity,
- injury,
- joker,
- kickback,
- kink,
- liability,
- little problem,
- loss,
- loss of ground,
- mischief,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- penalty,
- penalty clause,
- percentage,
- prejudice,
- premium,
- price reduction,
- price-cut,
- problem,
- rebate,
- rebatement,
- reduction,
- refund,
- rift,
- rollback,
- rub,
- salvage,
- setoff,
- shortcoming,
- snag,
- something missing,
- step backward,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- taint,
- tare,
- time discount,
- trade discount,
- tret,
- trouble,
- underselling,
- vulnerable place,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- write-off
- Olympian,
- abhorrent,
- abominable,
- aloof,
- awful,
- backward,
- bad,
- base,
- bashful,
- beastly,
- below contempt,
- beneath contempt,
- blank,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- cold,
- constrained,
- contemptible,
- cool,
- crude,
- dangerous,
- despicable,
- detached,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- detestable,
- discouraging,
- discreet,
- disgusting,
- distant,
- dreadful,
- exclusive,
- execrable,
- expressionless,
- fetid,
- forestalling,
- foul,
- frightful,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- fulsome,
- ghastly,
- grisly,
- gross,
- gruesome,
- guarded,
- harsh,
- hateful,
- heinous,
- hideous,
- horrible,
- horrid,
- hostile,
- icy,
- ignoble,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- introverted,
- loathsome,
- malodorous,
- menacing,
- mephitic,
- miasmal,
- miasmic,
- modest,
- nasty,
- nauseating,
- noisome,
- noxious,
- objectionable,
- obnoxious,
- obscene,
- odious,
- offensive,
- offish,
- ominous,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- prophylactic,
- proscriptive,
- rebarbative,
- remote,
- removed,
- repellent,
- repelling,
- repressed,
- repressive,
- repugnant,
- repulsive,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- revolting,
- shrinking,
- sickening,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- stern,
- stinking,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- suppressive,
- terrible,
- threatening,
- ugly,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncongenial,
- undemonstrative,
- unexpansive,
- unfriendly,
- ungenial,
- unpleasant,
- vile,
- withdrawn
- bottleneck
collapse
- the narrow part of a bottle near the top
- become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"
- slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" related words >
- abbreviation,
- approach,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- asymptote,
- bar,
- barrier,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- canal,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cervix,
- channel,
- choking,
- choking off,
- circumscription,
- clog,
- coarctation,
- collision course,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentralization,
- concentration,
- concourse,
- concurrence,
- condensation,
- confluence,
- conflux,
- congestion,
- congress,
- consolidation,
- constipation,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- convergence,
- converging,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- crossing,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtailment,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- decrease,
- defile,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- diminuendo,
- drawback,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- focalization,
- focus,
- funnel,
- gorge,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hitch,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hub,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- isthmus,
- jam,
- joker,
- knitting,
- meeting,
- mutual approach,
- narrow,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- narrowing gap,
- narrows,
- neck,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- pass,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- radius,
- reduction,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- shortening,
- snag,
- solidification,
- spokes,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- strait,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- systole,
- tangent,
- throat,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
- notification
collapse
- a request for payment; "the notification stated the grace period and the penalties for defaulting" related words >
- account,
- acquaintance,
- admonishment,
- admonition,
- alarm,
- announcement,
- annunciation,
- bench warrant,
- blue book,
- briefing,
- bulletin,
- bulletin board,
- capias,
- caution,
- caveat,
- circular,
- communication,
- communique,
- conveyance,
- data,
- datum,
- death warrant,
- declaration,
- deterrent example,
- directory,
- disclosure,
- dispatch,
- edict,
- encyclical,
- enlightenment,
- enunciation,
- evidence,
- example,
- facts,
- factual information,
- familiarization,
- fieri facias,
- final notice,
- final warning,
- gen,
- general information,
- giving,
- guidebook,
- habere facias possessionem,
- handout,
- hard information,
- hint,
- impartation,
- imparting,
- impartment,
- incidental information,
- info,
- information,
- injunction,
- instruction,
- intelligence,
- interdict,
- knowledge,
- lesson,
- light,
- mandamus,
- mandate,
- mandatory injunction,
- manifesto,
- mention,
- message,
- mittimus,
- monition,
- moral,
- nisi prius,
- notice,
- object lesson,
- position paper,
- precept,
- presentation,
- process,
- proclamation,
- program,
- programma,
- prohibitory injunction,
- promotional material,
- pronouncement,
- pronunciamento,
- proof,
- public notice,
- publication,
- publicity,
- release,
- report,
- search warrant,
- sharing,
- sidelight,
- statement,
- telling,
- the dope,
- the goods,
- the know,
- the scoop,
- threat,
- tip-off,
- transfer,
- transference,
- transmission,
- transmittal,
- ukase,
- ultimatum,
- verbum sapienti,
- warning,
- warning piece,
- warrant,
- warrant of arrest,
- warrant of attorney,
- white book,
- white paper,
- word,
- writ
- warning
collapse
- a message informing of danger related words >
- admonishing,
- admonition,
- admonitory,
- advice,
- advising,
- advisory,
- advocacy,
- alerting,
- augural,
- blackmail,
- briefing,
- bulldozing,
- call,
- call for,
- caution,
- cautionary,
- cautioning,
- caveat,
- claim,
- clue,
- commination,
- consultation,
- consultative,
- consultatory,
- contribution,
- council,
- counsel,
- cue,
- demand,
- demand for,
- denunciation,
- determent,
- deterrence,
- deterrent,
- didactic,
- direction,
- directive,
- draft,
- drain,
- duty,
- empty threat,
- exaction,
- exemplary,
- exhortation,
- exhortative,
- exhortatory,
- expostulation,
- expostulative,
- expostulatory,
- extortion,
- extortionate demand,
- foreboding,
- forerunning,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foretokening,
- forewarning,
- frightening off,
- guidance,
- heavy demand,
- heavy with meaning,
- hint,
- hortation,
- hortative,
- hortatory,
- idea,
- idle threat,
- imminence,
- implied threat,
- imposition,
- impost,
- indent,
- indicative,
- insistent demand,
- instruction,
- instructive,
- intimidation,
- intuitive,
- levy,
- meaningful,
- menace,
- monition,
- monitorial,
- monitory,
- moralistic,
- nonnegotiable demand,
- notice,
- notificational,
- notifying,
- office,
- opinion,
- order,
- parley,
- passing word,
- pointer,
- preachy,
- precursive,
- precursory,
- predictive,
- prefigurative,
- preindicative,
- premonitory,
- presageful,
- presaging,
- prognostic,
- prognosticative,
- promise of harm,
- proposal,
- recommendation,
- recommendatory,
- remonstrance,
- remonstrant,
- remonstrative,
- remonstratory,
- requirement,
- requisition,
- rush,
- rush order,
- sententious,
- significant,
- steer,
- suggestion,
- sword of Damocles,
- talking out of,
- tax,
- taxing,
- thought,
- threat,
- threateningness,
- threatfulness,
- tip,
- tip-off,
- tribute,
- ultimatum,
- whisper
- IUD,
- aegis,
- antacid,
- antidote,
- antiseptic,
- arm guard,
- aseptic,
- backstop,
- bag,
- birth control device,
- boiled,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- condom,
- contraceptive,
- contraceptive foam,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- decontaminated,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- diaphragm,
- discouraging,
- disinfected,
- dodger,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hygienic,
- immunizing,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- intrauterine device,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- offset,
- oral contraceptive,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- pasteurized,
- patent,
- pessary,
- pilot,
- preclusive,
- preventative,
- preventive,
- prohibitive,
- protecting,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- rubber,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- sanitary,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- skin,
- spermicidal jelly,
- spermicide,
- sterile,
- sterilized,
- sun helmet,
- the pill,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- uninfected,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield
- cordon
collapse
- adornment consisting of an ornamental ribbon or cord
- cord or ribbon worn as an insignia of honor or rank related words >
- advance guard,
- armed guard,
- bank guard,
- beleaguer,
- beset,
- besiege,
- block,
- blockade,
- blue ribbon,
- bolt,
- bottleneck,
- bound,
- box in,
- cage,
- catch,
- chamber,
- close in,
- coast guard,
- compass,
- contain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cordon bleu,
- cordon off,
- cordon sanitaire,
- cordoning off,
- corral,
- cull out,
- curtain,
- decoration,
- decoration of honor,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- divide,
- drawback,
- encircle,
- enclose,
- encompass,
- enshrine,
- fence in,
- garrison,
- garter,
- ghettoize,
- gin,
- goalie,
- goalkeeper,
- goaltender,
- gold star,
- grand cordon,
- guard,
- guarder,
- guardsman,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hedge in,
- hem in,
- hitch,
- house in,
- hurdle,
- impound,
- imprison,
- incarcerate,
- include,
- inlying picket,
- insulate,
- isolate,
- isolation,
- jail,
- jailer,
- joker,
- keep apart,
- keep aside,
- kennel,
- lay aside,
- leaguer,
- mew,
- mew up,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- order,
- ornament,
- outguard,
- outpost,
- pen,
- pen in,
- pick out,
- picket,
- pocket,
- put aside,
- quarantine,
- quarantine flag,
- rail in,
- rear guard,
- red ribbon,
- riband,
- ribbon,
- riddle,
- rope off,
- rub,
- sanitary cordon,
- screen,
- seal off,
- seclude,
- seclusion,
- security guard,
- segregate,
- segregation,
- separate,
- separation,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shrine,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- sieve,
- sift,
- snag,
- sort out,
- stable,
- star,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- surround,
- thrash,
- thresh,
- train guard,
- van,
- vanguard,
- wall in,
- warder,
- winnow,
- wrap,
- yard,
- yard up,
- yellow flag,
- yellow jack
- stricture
collapse
- severe criticism related words >
- abbreviation,
- adverse criticism,
- anathema,
- animadversion,
- arraignment,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- aspersion,
- astriction,
- astringency,
- bad notices,
- bad press,
- blame,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- captiousness,
- carping,
- castigation,
- cavil,
- caviling,
- censoriousness,
- censure,
- cervix,
- check,
- circumscription,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- coarctation,
- compactedness,
- compaction,
- compression,
- compressure,
- concentration,
- condemnation,
- condensation,
- consolidation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- constringency,
- contraction,
- contracture,
- cramp,
- criticism,
- curtailment,
- damnation,
- decrease,
- decrial,
- delay,
- denouncement,
- denunciation,
- detainment,
- detention,
- deterrent,
- diminuendo,
- exception,
- excoriation,
- faultfinding,
- fixation,
- flak,
- flaying,
- foot-dragging,
- fulmination,
- fustigation,
- hairsplitting,
- hampering,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hit,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- home thrust,
- hostile criticism,
- hourglass,
- hourglass figure,
- hypercriticalness,
- hypercriticism,
- impeachment,
- impediment,
- imputation,
- indictment,
- inhibition,
- interdiction,
- interference,
- interruption,
- isthmus,
- knitting,
- knock,
- let,
- nagging,
- narrow place,
- narrowing,
- neck,
- negativism,
- niggle,
- niggling,
- nit,
- nit-picking,
- nuisance value,
- obloquy,
- obstruction,
- obstructionism,
- occlusion,
- opposition,
- overcriticalness,
- pestering,
- pettifogging,
- pillorying,
- priggishness,
- puckering,
- pursing,
- quibble,
- quibbling,
- rap,
- reduction,
- reflection,
- reprehension,
- repression,
- reproachfulness,
- reprobation,
- resistance,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- setback,
- shortening,
- skinning alive,
- slam,
- solidification,
- squeeze,
- stranglehold,
- stranglement,
- strangulation,
- striction,
- suppression,
- swipe,
- systole,
- taking exception,
- taper,
- tapering,
- trichoschistism,
- wasp waist,
- wrinkling
- preventive
collapse
- remedy that prevents or slows the course of an illness or disease; "the doctor recommended several preventatives"
- preventing or contributing to the prevention of disease; "preventive medicine"; "vaccines are prophylactic"; "a prophylactic drug"
- tending to prevent or hinder related words >
- aegis,
- antacid,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- antidote,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- barrier,
- block,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- counteractant,
- counteractive,
- counteragent,
- counterirritant,
- countermeasure,
- covering,
- crash helmet,
- curb,
- cushion,
- custodial,
- dashboard,
- defensive,
- deterrent,
- deterring,
- discouraging,
- dodger,
- ethnocentric,
- exceptional,
- excluding,
- exclusive,
- exclusory,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- foot guard,
- forbidding,
- forestalling,
- fostering,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- guardrail,
- hampering,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- immunizing,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- inadmissible,
- inhibiting,
- inhibition,
- inhibitive,
- inhibitory,
- inoculant,
- inoculum,
- insular,
- insulation,
- interdictive,
- interdictory,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life preserver,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- narrow,
- neutralizer,
- nose guard,
- nullifier,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- offset,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parental,
- parochial,
- patent,
- pilot,
- precautionary,
- preclusive,
- prescriptive,
- preventative,
- prevention,
- prohibiting,
- prohibitive,
- prohibitory,
- prophylactic,
- proscriptive,
- protecting,
- protection,
- protective,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- remedy,
- repressive,
- restraining,
- restrictive,
- safeguard,
- safeguarding,
- safety,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- screening,
- seat belt,
- seclusive,
- segregative,
- select,
- selective,
- separative,
- serum,
- sheltering,
- shield,
- shielding,
- shin guard,
- snobbish,
- sun helmet,
- suppressive,
- tutelary,
- umbrella,
- vaccine,
- vigilant,
- watchful,
- windscreen,
- windshield,
- xenophobic
- obstruction
collapse
- getting in someone's way
- the act of obstructing; "obstruction of justice"
- any structure that makes progress difficult
- the state or condition of being obstructed related words >
- afterthought,
- arrest,
- arrestation,
- arrestment,
- bar,
- barrier,
- bind,
- blank wall,
- blind alley,
- blind gut,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blocking,
- bottleneck,
- bureaucratic delay,
- catch,
- cecum,
- cessation,
- check,
- checking,
- choking,
- choking off,
- clog,
- clogging,
- closing up,
- closure,
- congestion,
- constipation,
- constraint,
- constriction,
- cordon,
- costiveness,
- cramp,
- cul-de-sac,
- curtain,
- dead end,
- deceleration,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detainment,
- detention,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- double take,
- drag,
- dragging,
- drawback,
- ease-off,
- ease-up,
- embolism,
- embolus,
- fixation,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- forbiddance,
- forbidding,
- gorge,
- halt,
- halting,
- hamper,
- hampering,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hindering,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- holdback,
- holdup,
- hurdle,
- impasse,
- impediment,
- impeding,
- infarct,
- infarction,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- interim,
- interruption,
- jam,
- joker,
- lag,
- lagging,
- let,
- letdown,
- letup,
- limitation,
- limiting,
- logjam,
- minus acceleration,
- moratorium,
- mountain,
- negativism,
- nuisance value,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstipation,
- obstructionism,
- obstructive,
- occlusion,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- proscription,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- repression,
- reprieve,
- resistance,
- respite,
- restraint,
- restriction,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- retardment,
- rub,
- sealing off,
- setback,
- slack-up,
- slackening,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowing,
- slowing down,
- slowness,
- slowup,
- snag,
- squeeze,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stopping,
- stranglehold,
- strangulation,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- suppression,
- suspension,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait
- snag
collapse
- a dead tree that is still standing, usually in an undisturbed forest; "a snag can provide food and a habitat for insects and birds"
- a sharp protuberance
- hew jaggedly
- catch on a snag; "I snagged my stocking"
- get by acting quickly and smartly; "snag a bargain" related words >
- baby tooth,
- bag,
- bar,
- bicuspid,
- blemish,
- block,
- blockade,
- bottleneck,
- brake,
- bucktooth,
- bug,
- canine,
- catch,
- clog,
- cog,
- comb,
- complication,
- coral heads,
- cordon,
- crack,
- crag,
- crimp,
- crown,
- crux,
- curb,
- curtain,
- cuspid,
- cutter,
- deciduous tooth,
- defect,
- defection,
- deficiency,
- dent,
- denticle,
- denticulation,
- dentil,
- dentition,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- dogtooth,
- drag,
- drawback,
- enmesh,
- ensnare,
- entangle,
- entrap,
- eyetooth,
- failing,
- failure,
- fang,
- fault,
- faute,
- flaw,
- foible,
- fore tooth,
- foul,
- frailty,
- gagtooth,
- gang tooth,
- gold tooth,
- grinder,
- hamper,
- hang-up,
- harpoon,
- harrow,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hold-up,
- hole,
- hook,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- imperfection,
- inadequacy,
- incisor,
- infirmity,
- ironbound coast,
- jag,
- joker,
- kink,
- land,
- lasso,
- ledges,
- lee shore,
- little problem,
- mesh,
- milk tooth,
- molar,
- nail,
- net,
- noose,
- objection,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- peak,
- pecten,
- peg,
- permanent tooth,
- pinch,
- pitfall,
- pivot tooth,
- premolar,
- problem,
- projection,
- quicksands,
- rake,
- ratchet,
- rift,
- rip,
- rockbound coast,
- rocks,
- rope,
- rub,
- sack,
- sandbank,
- sandbar,
- sands,
- sawtooth,
- scrivello,
- shallows,
- shoals,
- shortcoming,
- snaggle,
- snaggletooth,
- snare,
- sniggle,
- something missing,
- spear,
- spire,
- sprocket,
- spur,
- steeple,
- stricture,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- taint,
- take,
- tangle,
- tangle up with,
- tear,
- tooth,
- trap,
- traverse,
- tush,
- tusk,
- undercurrent,
- undertow,
- vulnerable place,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weakness,
- wisdom tooth
- hang up
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- interrupt a telephone conversation
- put a telephone receiver back in its cradle related words >
- adjourn,
- afterthought,
- bind,
- block,
- blockade,
- blockage,
- blow up,
- bog down,
- bottleneck,
- bureaucratic delay,
- buzz,
- call,
- call up,
- catch,
- come to nothing,
- complex,
- compulsion,
- continue,
- cordon,
- curtain,
- decelerate,
- defer,
- delay,
- delayage,
- delayed reaction,
- detain,
- detention,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- dial,
- difficulty,
- double take,
- drag out,
- dragging,
- drawback,
- explode,
- extend,
- fail miserably,
- fascination,
- fasten up,
- fixation,
- fixed idea,
- fizz out,
- fizzle,
- fizzle out,
- get nowhere,
- give a ring,
- go phut,
- halt,
- hang,
- hang fire,
- hazard,
- hindrance,
- hitch,
- hold off,
- hold over,
- hold the phone,
- hold up,
- holdup,
- hurdle,
- hypercathexis,
- idee fixe,
- interim,
- irresistible impulse,
- jam,
- joker,
- lag,
- lagging,
- lay aside,
- lay by,
- lay over,
- listen in,
- logjam,
- make a call,
- mire,
- misfire,
- monomania,
- moratorium,
- morbid drive,
- objection,
- obsession,
- obsessive compulsion,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- paperasserie,
- pause,
- phone,
- pigeonhole,
- poop out,
- possession,
- postpone,
- preoccupation,
- prepossession,
- prolong,
- prorogate,
- prorogue,
- protract,
- push aside,
- put aside,
- put off,
- put on ice,
- put up,
- recess,
- red tape,
- red-tapeism,
- red-tapery,
- reprieve,
- reserve,
- respite,
- retard,
- retardance,
- retardation,
- ring,
- ring off,
- ring up,
- rub,
- ruling passion,
- set aside,
- set back,
- set by,
- shelve,
- shift off,
- slacken,
- sleep on,
- sling,
- slow down,
- slow-up,
- slowdown,
- slowness,
- snag,
- stand over,
- stave off,
- stay,
- stay of execution,
- stop,
- stoppage,
- stretch out,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- suspend,
- suspension,
- table,
- take a recess,
- telephone,
- tic,
- tie-up,
- time lag,
- wait,
- waive
- objection
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- (law) a procedure whereby a party to a suit says that a particular line of questioning or a particular witness or a piece of evidence or other matter is improper and should not be continued and asks the court to rule on its impropriety or illegality
- the speech act of objecting related words >
- answer,
- antipathy,
- argument,
- ban,
- bashfulness,
- beef,
- bitch,
- blackball,
- blackballing,
- block,
- blockade,
- boggle,
- boggling,
- bottleneck,
- boycott,
- catch,
- challenge,
- combative reaction,
- complaint,
- compunction,
- cordon,
- counteraction,
- counterstatement,
- curtain,
- defense,
- defiance,
- demonstration,
- demur,
- demurral,
- demurrer,
- denial,
- determent,
- deterrent,
- difficulty,
- diffidence,
- dim view,
- disagreement,
- disappointment,
- disapprobation,
- disapproval,
- discontent,
- discontentedness,
- discontentment,
- disenchantment,
- disesteem,
- disfavor,
- disgruntlement,
- disillusion,
- disillusionment,
- dislike,
- displeasure,
- dispute,
- disrespect,
- dissatisfaction,
- dissent,
- dissentience,
- distaste,
- doubt,
- drawback,
- exception,
- exclusion,
- expostulation,
- falter,
- faltering,
- fractiousness,
- grievance,
- grievance committee,
- hang-up,
- hazard,
- hesitance,
- hesitancy,
- hesitation,
- hitch,
- howl,
- hurdle,
- indignation,
- indignation meeting,
- interference,
- joker,
- kick,
- low estimation,
- low opinion,
- march,
- modesty,
- negativism,
- noncooperation,
- nonviolent protest,
- obstacle,
- obstinacy,
- obstruction,
- obstructive,
- one small difficulty,
- opposition,
- opposure,
- ostracism,
- passive resistance,
- pause,
- picketing,
- plea,
- pleading,
- protest,
- protest demonstration,
- protestation,
- qualm,
- qualm of conscience,
- qualmishness,
- question,
- rally,
- reaction,
- rebuff,
- rebuttal,
- recalcitrance,
- recalcitrancy,
- recalcitration,
- recoil,
- refractoriness,
- refusal,
- refutation,
- rejection,
- reluctance,
- remonstrance,
- remonstration,
- renitence,
- renitency,
- repellence,
- repellency,
- reply,
- repulse,
- repulsion,
- resistance,
- response,
- revolt,
- riposte,
- rub,
- scruple,
- scrupulosity,
- scrupulousness,
- shrinking,
- shyness,
- sit-in,
- snag,
- special demurrer,
- special pleading,
- squawk,
- stand,
- statement of defense,
- stickling,
- strike,
- stumbling block,
- stumbling stone,
- teach-in,
- thumbs-down,
- uncooperativeness,
- unhappiness,
- withstanding
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