Meaning

1 senses

  1. Causing obstructions.

    I wanted to see his report on me, but my manager was being obstructive.

More definitions
  • preventing movement

Examples

1 sentences

  1. COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, blocks airflow through the lungs.

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Translations

3 languages

Forms

more obstructive, most obstructive
Comparativemore obstructive Lesson
Superlativemost obstructive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

9 related words
Relatedobstruct
Derivedantiobstructivedeobstructivenonobstructiveobstructivelyobstructivenessobstructivismpostobstructiveunobstructive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
obstinateobstinatelyobstructobstructionobtainB1obtainableobtrudeobtuse
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