4
stopping(noun, verb, hindering, staying)
3
admonishing(verb, dissuading)
3
barring(verb, hindering, dissuading)
3
chilling(verb, dissuading)
3
constraining(verb, adjective, hindering)
3
curbing(verb, hindering, restraining, de-motivating)
3
dampening(verb, dissuading, dejecting, de-motivating)
3
delaying(verb, adjective, hindering)
3
depressing(verb, adjective, dissuading, de-motivating)
3
dismaying(verb, dejecting)
3
encumbering(verb, adjective, hindering)
3
resisting(verb, adjective, hindering)
3
thwarting(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
averting(verb, dissuading)
2
baffling(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
choking(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
clogging(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
complicating(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
congesting(verb, adjective, hindering)
2
constipating(verb, adjective, hindering)
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