3
obstruct(verb, check, hinder, twist, confuse)
3
ornament(verb, produce, improve, explain, expand)
3
plug(verb, check, hinder, frustrate, thwart)
3
puzzle(noun, verb, upset, trouble, bother)
3
scramble(verb, disorder, disturb, confuse, muddle)
3
stop(verb, check, hinder, frustrate, thwart)
2
ball up
2
bar(verb, check, hinder, frustrate, thwart)
2
beat(verb, disturb, confuse, baffle, perplex)
2
bedevil(verb, upset, trouble, obscure, difficult)
2
catch(verb, hold, mean, cover, concern)
2
complexify
2
complicated
2
curb(verb, check, hinder, frustrate, thwart)
2
dam(verb, hinder)
2
delay(verb, hinder)
2
discompose(verb, upset, trouble, bother, obscure)
2
disturb(verb, upset, disorder, bother, spoil)
2
drag(verb, hinder)
2
dumbfound(verb, dull, disturb, confuse, frustrate)
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