hindrance
Syllables: hin·drance/ˈhɪndɹəns/
hindrance noun: something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
Noun
hindrance (plural hindrances)
- Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- High-heeled shoes may be fashionable, but they can also be a hindrance to walking.
- The L.C.C. [London County Council] considers viaducts in London objectionable and a hindrance to town planning and would like to abolish all the Southern Railway lines on viaducts in South London. [Nothing much happened, they still exist.]1944 January and February, C. F. Cobon, “The County of London Plan”, in Railway Magazine, page 24
- The state or act of hindering something.
- Your hindrance of this process will not be tolerated.
hindrance meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
hindrance in Hindi
- something which hinders
- विघ्न vighna, बाधा bādhā, अड़चन aṛcan
hindrance in Tamil
- இடையூறு, தடங்கல், தடை, இடர்பாடு
hindrance in Marathi
- hindrance
- हरकत harkat
hindrance in Urdu
- hindrance
- بادھا bādhā
- hindrance; inconvenience
- قباحت qabāhat
- hindrance, problem
- گڑبڑ gaṛbaṛ
More languagesFewer languages
- hindrance in Bengali
- অবরোধ ôbôrodh
- hindrance in Telugu
- విఘాతము vighātamu, విఘ్నము vighnamu, అడ్డంకి aḍḍaṅki
- hindrance in Malayalam
- പ്രതിബന്ധം pratibandhaṁ
- hindrance in Kannada
- ಅಟಕಾವು aṭakāvu
- hindrance in Gujarati
- પીડા pīḍā, લાકડું lākḍũ
- hindrance in Indonesian
- halangan
- hindrance in Thai
- อุปสรรค ùp-bpà-sàk, ขวากหนาม kwàak-nǎam, มารผจญ maan-pà-jon
- hindrance in Vietnamese
- vật cản, cản trở
Examples of hindrance in a sentence
- All hindrances on the path to liberation are subsumed under the four maras.
- In fact, men were a hindrance to consumption that had to be overcome.
- In spite of this hindrance, some women riders turned in very respectable performances.
Synonyms of hindrance
- bar
- drag
- barrier
- bone in the throat
- bump in the road
- impediment
- obstruction
- obstacle
- encumbrance
- hurdle
3 more synonymsFewer synonyms
Forms of hindrance
| plural | hindrances |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | hinderance |
| alternative form (obsolete) | hindraunce |
Origin of hindrance
From Middle English hinderance, hinderaunce, hindraunce, hynderaunce, hynderawnce, hynderawns, hyndrance; equivalent to hinder + -ance.
Words formed from hindrance
Questions about hindrance
- What does hindrance mean?
- Hindrance means something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.
- What is hindrance in Hindi?
- Hindrance in Hindi is विघ्न (vighna), बाधा (bādhā), अड़चन (aṛcan). See Hindrance meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is hindrance?
- Hindrance is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hindrance?
- Hindrance is pronounced /ˈhɪndɹəns/.
- What is the plural of hindrance?
- The plural of hindrance is hindrances.
Words near hindrance in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: hindrance (page history and authors); hindrance (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); हरकत (Marathi) (page history and authors); بادھا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অবরোধ (Bengali) (page history and authors); అడ్డంకి (Telugu) (page history and authors); പ്രതിബന്ധം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಅಟಕಾವು (Kannada) (page history and authors); પીડા (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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