adj
Meaning 1
Causing obstructions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
obstructive
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
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General-American: /əbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
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General-American: /ɑbˈstɹʌk.tɪv/
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CMU ARPABET: AH0 B S T R AH1 K T IH0 V Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who obstructs something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
preventing movement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clogging, hindering, impeding
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English obstruct Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English obstructive From obstruct + -ive.
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: пречещ (prečešt) — causing obstructions
- Bulgarian: затрудняващ (zatrudnjavašt) — causing obstructions
- Catalan: obstructiu — causing obstructions
- French: obstructif — causing obstructions
- Greek: κωλυσιεργικός (kolysiergikós) — causing obstructions
- Greek: καταιγιστικός (kataigistikós) — causing obstructions
- Hindi: विघ्नकारी (vighnakārī) — causing obstructions
- Irish: toirmeascach — causing obstructions
- Italian: ostruttivo — causing obstructions
- Italian: ostrusivo — causing obstructions
- Norwegian Bokmål: obstruktiv — causing obstructions
- Norwegian Nynorsk: obstruktiv — causing obstructions
- Occitan: obstructiu — causing obstructions
- Portuguese: obstrutivo — causing obstructions
- Romanian: obstructiv — causing obstructions
- Swedish: obstruktiv — causing obstructions