4
adversity(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
4
burden(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, weakness)
4
constipation(noun, hindrance)
4
damper(noun, curb, restraint, caution, hindrance)
4
delay(noun, trouble, check, blow, difficulty)
4
disincentive(noun, difficulty, curb, restraint, arrest)
4
hang-up(noun, difficulty, restraint, reserve, hindrance)
4
let(noun, hindrance)
4
malady
4
mountain(noun, block, difficulty, restraint, hindrance)
3
joker(noun, difficulty, informal, restraint, hindrance)
3
bafflement(noun, hindrance, complication, multiplicity, complicacy)
3
baulk
3
boundary(noun, privet, hedgerow)
3
brake(noun, check, difficulty, curb, restraint)
3
congestion(noun, hindrance)
3
constriction
3
curb(noun, check, disorder, difficulty, limit)
3
dead end(noun, expression, trouble, draw, difficulty)
3
discouragement(noun, defeat, blow, catch, difficulty)
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