| catch(noun, curb, restraint, hindrance, safeguard) |
| contravention(noun, hindrance, disappointment, prevention, blocking) |
| controversy(noun, communication, empathy, psychology, disagreement) |
| counterbalancing(nullification, off-setting) |
| damper(noun, control, curb, restraint, hindrance) |
| dash |
| delay(noun, hindrance) |
| destruction(noun, blow, overthrow, downfall, rout) |
| discomposure(noun, upset, confusion, disquiet, embarrassment) |
| disillusion(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure) |
| distress(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, blow) |
| downer(noun, hindrance, disappointment, prevention, blocking) |
| ennui(noun, worry, anxiety, disappointment, unhappiness) |
| frustrate |
| frustrating(noun, adjective) |
| handicap(noun, hindrance) |
| impasse(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle) |
| irritant(noun, irritation, infuriation, exasperation, enragement) |
| jam(noun, trouble, anxiety, stress, hindrance) |
| mess(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat) |