Meanings
comparative more obstructive · superlative most obstructive
- Causing obstructions.
I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.
1 more example
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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepreventing movement
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian пречещ, затрудняващ
- пречещ (prečešt)causing obstructions
- затрудняващ (zatrudnjavašt)causing obstructions
Catalan obstructiu
- obstructiucausing obstructions
French obstructif
- obstructifcausing obstructions
Greek κωλυσιεργικός, καταιγιστικός
- κωλυσιεργικός (kolysiergikós)causing obstructions
- καταιγιστικός (kataigistikós)causing obstructions
Hindi विघ्नकारी
- विघ्नकारी (vighnakārī)causing obstructions
Irish toirmeascach
- toirmeascachcausing obstructions
Italian ostruttivo, ostrusivo
- ostruttivocausing obstructions
- ostrusivocausing obstructions
Latin emphracticus
- emphracticuscausing obstructions
Norwegian Bokmål obstruktiv
- obstruktivcausing obstructions
Portuguese obstrutivo
- obstrutivocausing obstructions
Romanian obstructiv
- obstructivcausing obstructions
Swedish obstruktiv
- obstruktivcausing obstructions
Cite this entry
obstructive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstructive
“obstructive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstructive. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “obstructive,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/obstructive.
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