impeding

Adjective

Synonyms: clogging hindering obstructive

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

preventing movement“the clogging crowds of revelers overflowing into the street”Synonyms: clogging hindering obstructive

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Impede \Im*pede"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impeded; p. pr. & vb. n. Impeding.] [L. impedire, lit., to entangle the feet; pref. im- in + pes, pedis, foot. See Foot, and cf. Impeach.] To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops. [1913 Webster]

Whatever hinders or impedes The action of the nobler will. --Logfellow. [1913 Webster]