| weaken(verb, stop, hurt, ruin, restrain) |
| weigh heavy on(expression, idiom) |
| weight(noun, verb, charge, bother, hinder) |
| afflict(verb, trouble, charge, bother, annoy) |
| albatross(noun, difficulty, burden, cross, hindrance) |
| allowance(noun, lead, advantage, difference, edge) |
| amerce(verb, fine, condemn, discipline, reprimand) |
| anchor it(expression, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| back-water(verb, reduce, restrain, delay, moderate) |
| bind(verb, stop, hold, control, check) |
| bog down(expression, check, reduce, restrain, delay) |
| bother(noun, verb, trouble, charge, worry) |
| bottle up(verb, expression, hold, control, check) |
| bridle(noun, verb, hold, control, restrain) |
| chain(noun, verb, hold, control, check) |
| charge(noun, verb, bother, worry, strain) |
| chastise(verb, fine, discipline, reprimand, punish) |
| circumscribe(verb, hold, control, check, reduce) |
| complicate(verb, difficult, hinder, confuse) |