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Synonyms & Antonyms of stumbling block
something that makes movement or progress difficult
- the only stumbling block to our move across the country was finding someone to adopt our cats
Synonyms for stumbling block
- balk,
- bar,
- block,
- chain,
- clog,
- cramp,
- crimp,
- deterrent,
- drag,
- embarrassment,
- encumbrance,
- fetter,
- handicap,
- hindrance,
- holdback,
- hurdle,
- impediment,
- inhibition,
- interference,
- let,
- manacle,
- obstacle,
- obstruction,
- shackles,
- stop,
- trammel
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The first known use of stumbling block was in 1588
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