obstructive
/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/US/əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
obstructive adjective: causing obstructions.
Adjective
obstructive (comparative more obstructive, superlative most obstructive)
- Causing obstructions.
- I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.
- The obstructive tendency attributed to the knot in spiritual matters appears in a Swiss superstition that if, in sewing a corpse into its shroud, you make a knot on the thread, it will hinder the soul of the deceased on its passage to eternity.1911, James George Frazer, chapter V, in Taboo and the Perils of the Soul (The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion; II), third edition, London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, page 310
Noun
obstructive (plural obstructives)
- One who obstructs something.
obstructive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
obstructive in Hindi
- causing obstructions
- विघ्नकारी vighnakārī
obstructive in Tamil
- தடைசெய்யும், முட்டுக்கட்டை போடக்கூடிய
obstructive in Urdu
- حارج, مانع
obstructive in Bengali
- বাধাদানকারী, প্রতিবন্ধক
More languagesFewer languages
- obstructive in Malayalam
- തടസ്സപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന, വിഘ്നകാരി, തടസ്സമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, വ്യാഘാതക
- obstructive in Kannada
- ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಧಕ, ನಿರೋಧಕ, ಅಡ್ಡಿಪಡಿಸುವ
- obstructive in Punjabi
- ਅਵਰੋਧਕ avarodhak
Forms of obstructive
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more obstructive |
| superlative | most obstructive |
| Noun | |
| plural | obstructives |
Origin of obstructive
From obstruct + -ive.
Words formed from obstructive
Phrases with obstructive
Questions about obstructive
- What does obstructive mean?
- Obstructive means causing obstructions.
- What is obstructive in Hindi?
- Obstructive in Hindi is विघ्नकारी (vighnakārī). See Obstructive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is obstructive?
- Obstructive can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce obstructive?
- Obstructive is pronounced /əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/ (UK).
Words near obstructive in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: obstructive (page history and authors); obstructive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstructive (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstructive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); obstructive (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); obstructive (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਅਵਰੋਧਕ (Punjabi) (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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