stumbling-block

A form of stumbling block — A hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error.

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Meanings

nounstumbling-block (plural stumbling-blocks)

plural stumbling-blocks

  1. alternativeidiomaticAlternative form of stumbling block.

    What is a wife but a pretended stumbling-block in the man's path, who has his way to make in the world?

    1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter IX, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 119
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APA

stumbling-block. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbling-block

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“stumbling-block.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbling-block. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stumbling-block,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stumbling-block.

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