3
drag(noun, disorder, defeat, blow, difficulty)
3
embarrassment(noun, difficulty, reserve, shyness, snag)
3
frustration(noun, trouble, difficulty, pain, struggle)
3
hinder
3
holdback
3
jump(fence, wall)
3
predicament(noun, trouble, dispute, difficulty, pain)
3
preventive(noun, difficulty, curb, restraint, hindrance)
3
trouble(noun, block, delay, blow, dispute)
2
arrest(noun, break, check, halt, curb)
2
blank wall(noun, expression, draw, catch, hindrance)
2
blind alley(noun, expression, defeat, draw, blow)
2
bump(noun, difficulty, informal, hindrance, problem)
2
choke(noun, hindrance)
2
complexity(noun, difficulty, adversity, complication, snag)
2
complicatedness(noun, adversity, complication, complexity, intricacy)
2
cul-de-sac
2
defect(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, weakness)
2
determent(noun, stop, check, halt, curb)
2
detriment(noun, trouble, disorder, difficulty, weakness)
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