obstructive

Definition

Causing obstructions.

Etymology

From obstruct + -ive.

Example Sentences

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