2
catch(noun, curb, restraint, hindrance, safeguard)
2
contravention(noun, hindrance, disappointment, prevention, blocking)
2
controversy(noun, communication, empathy, psychology, disagreement)
2
counterbalancing(nullification, off-setting)
2
damper(noun, control, curb, restraint, hindrance)
2
dash
2
delay(noun, hindrance)
2
destruction(noun, blow, overthrow, downfall, rout)
2
discomposure(noun, upset, confusion, disquiet, embarrassment)
2
disillusion(noun, defeat, blow, distress, failure)
2
distress(noun, trouble, defeat, worry, blow)
2
downer(noun, hindrance, disappointment, prevention, blocking)
2
ennui(noun, worry, anxiety, disappointment, unhappiness)
2
frustrate
2
frustrating(noun, adjective)
2
handicap(noun, hindrance)
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impasse(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
2
irritant(noun, irritation, infuriation, exasperation, enragement)
2
jam(noun, trouble, anxiety, stress, hindrance)
2
mess(noun, trouble, decline, ruin, defeat)
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