Usually means: Obstacle that impedes or hinders.
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  1. stumbling block: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. stumbling block: Merriam-Webster
  3. stumbling block: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. stumbling block: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. stumbling block: Collins English Dictionary
  6. stumbling block: Vocabulary.com
  7. stumbling-block: Wordnik
  8. stumbling block: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. stumbling-block, stumbling block: Wiktionary
  10. stumbling block: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. stumbling block: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Stumbling-block, stumbling block: Dictionary.com
  13. Stumbling block: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Stumbling-block: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. stumbling-block: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  16. stumbling block: Rhymezone
  17. Stumbling-block, stumbling block: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. stumbling-block: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. stumbling-block, stumbling block: FreeDictionary.org
  20. stumbling block: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Stumbling-block, stumbling block: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. stumbling block: Legal dictionary

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  1. stumbling block: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (stumbling block)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A hindrance, obstacle or impediment; an opportunity for error.

Similar:
stumbling-block, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, stymie, scandal, hindrance, hampering, bump in the road, stumble, more...

Opposite:
aid, assistance, help, benefit, advantage

Types:
obstacle, barrier, hindrance, impediment, more...

Phrases:
stumbling block for a language learner, greek 101 stumbling block, more...

Adjectives:
barnacled, hinder, cumbered, thwarted, trial, beleaguered, impedite, foreset, stray, ail, infest

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Similar:
stumbling-block, obstacle, impediment, obstruction, stymie, scandal, hindrance, hampering, bump in the road, stumble, more...

Opposite:
aid, assistance, help, benefit, advantage

Types:
obstacle, barrier, hindrance, impediment, more...

Phrases:
stumbling block for a language learner, greek 101 stumbling block, more...

Adjectives:
barnacled, hinder, cumbered, thwarted, trial, beleaguered, impedite, foreset, stray, ail, infest



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