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Synonyms for obstacle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ob-stuh-kuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɒb stə kəl |
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Définition of obstacle
Origin :- mid-14c., from Old French obstacle, ostacle "opposition, obstruction, hindrance" (13c.) or directly from Latin obstaculum "a hindrance, obstacle," with instrumental suffix *-tlom + obstare "stand before, stand opposite to, block, hinder, thwart," from ob "against" (see ob-) + stare "to stand," from PIE root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
- The lover thinks more often of reaching his mistress than the husband of guarding his wife; the prisoner thinks more often of escaping than the gaoler of shutting his door; and so, whatever the obstacles may be, the lover and the prisoner ought to succeed. [Stendhal, "Charterhouse of Parma"]
- Obstacle course is attested from 1891.
- noun impediment, barrier
- He made a brief gesture, like one wiping an obstacle out of the way.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- That was the entering wedge—the mention of an obstacle to overcome.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- It has been raised from the rank of a fiction to the dignity of an obstacle.
- Extract from : « Alarms and Discursions » by G. K. Chesterton
- I had to be dragged away, but I am soon myself again when confronted by an obstacle.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- After overcoming every obstacle, he had the satisfaction of reaping the reward of his enterprise.
- Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
- If this is true, no obstacle on earth shall part us so long as we live.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- But to scale this obstacle without ladders was no easy matter.
- Extract from : « The History of the First West India Regiment » by A. B. Ellis
- Raising the boat-hook over his head, Paul soon detected the obstacle.
- Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
- Heterodoxy in details of faith is rampant, and is no obstacle to Christian fellowship.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- They were seized with fever and delirium, and this obstacle, in their minds, became material.
- Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
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