obstructive

Speech parts

1. obstructive - Noun

2. obstructive - Adjective

3. obstructive - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Tending to obstruct; presenting obstacles; hindering; causing impediment.

An obstructive person or thing.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

hindering clogging impeding difficult prohibitory opposed block counter rival opposing contrary problematic adverse blocking conflicting
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Antonyms

good better equal positive fine dominant
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Phrases with the word

obstructive bureaucracy obstructive uropathy non-obstructive obstructive nephropathy obstructive urolithiasis benign prostatic hyperplasia with obstructive symptoms

Examples

Systems, scientific and philosophic, come and go. Each method of limited understanding is at length exhausted. In its prime each system is a triumphant success: in its decay it is an obstructive nuisance. Alfred North Whitehead

I've been working with the National Lung Health Education Program to raise awareness about Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. Loni Anderson

the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street Source: Internet

Aclidinium bromide is classified as a long-acting inhaled muscarinic antagonist that is prescribed for the long term maintenance treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Source: Internet

And he has managed to accomplish this while suffering from COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), a long-term lung ailment characterized by difficulty in breathing. Source: Internet

After the impeachment of the two obstructive tribunes, Caesar, perhaps unsurprisingly, faced no further opposition from other members of the Tribunician College. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

obstructionism obstructionist obstructionistic obstructive azoospermia obstructive bureaucracy obstructive jaundice