hindering

prevention, ban, veto, averting, prohibition, forbidding, inhibition, hindrance, withholding, checking, interdiction, hindering, forbiddance

stay, bar, hitch, let, shackle, fetter, dyke, dike, balk, hindrance, obstacle, barrier, impediment, hurdle, embargo, barricade, bamboo curtain, hedge, handicap, curtain, blockage, setback, drawback, snag, massif, crimp, lock, encumbrance, hindering, holdback, stumbling block

trouble, inconvenience, disturbance, molestation, hindering, troubling, obtrusion

separating, hindering

troublesome, annoying, pesky, obtrusive, bothersome, molesting, tiresome, troublous, importunate, hindering, worrisome