hinders

Verb

hinder (third-person singular simple present hinders, present participle hindering, simple past and past participle hindered)

1. (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.
   • A drought hinders the growth of plants.

   Synonyms:

   delay, frustrate, hamper, impede, obstruct, prevent, thwart

   Antonyms:

   further, assist, expedite, facilitate, help

2. (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
   • She hindered a man from committing suicide.

   Synonyms:

   bar, block, delay, hamper, impede, obstruct, restrain, stop

   Antonyms:

   aid, assist, help

3. (obsolete, transitive) To cause harm.
   • If me and a certain character met, the guy that invented the cigarette, I'd murder that son of a gun in the first degree. Now it ain't 'cause that I don't smoke myself and I don't reckon they hinder your health. I've smoked them all my life and I ain't dead yet.1947, Merle Travis, Tex Williams, “Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)”

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