hindern — meaning in English

English meaning

• contrary adjective Completely opposite in nature or direction.
• demur verb To show that you are unwilling to do something, or to disagree with it.
• disrupt verb To throw a process, system, or situation into confusion by interrupting its normal flow.
• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• impede verb To slow down or get in the way of progress.
• inhibit verb To slow down, restrain, or prevent something from happening freely.
• trammel noun Anything that holds someone back or restricts their freedom or progress.

Senses

hindern is used for these senses in English:

• contrary (obsolete) To oppose; to frustrate.
• demur Chiefly followed by to, and sometimes by at or on: to object or be reluctant; to balk, to take exception.
• disrupt (transitive) To interrupt or impede.
• get in the way (intransitive) to obstruct, hinder, or interfere
• hinder (ambitransitive) To delay or impede; to keep back, to prevent.
• impede (transitive) To get in the way of; to hinder.
• inhibit (transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
• trammel (transitive) To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

contrary — full definition

1. adjective Completely opposite in nature or direction.
2. adjective Stubbornly inclined to disagree or do the opposite of what's expected.
3. noun The opposite of something already stated.

demur — full definition

1. verb To show that you are unwilling to do something, or to disagree with it.
2. verb (law) To file a formal objection that a case should be dismissed because, even taking the other side's facts as true, they do not support a legal claim.
3. verb To continue to exist; to last.
4. verb To stay somewhere longer than needed; to delay.

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