setback

setback
Synonyms and related words:
arrest, arrestation, arrestment, atavism, backset, backsliding, backward deviation, backward motion, backward step, bafflement, balk, betrayed hope, blasted expectation, blighted hope, blockage, blocking, blow, buffet, check, checkmate, clogging, closing up, closure, comedown, confusion, constriction, cramp, cruel disappointment, dash, dashed hope, deceleration, defeat, delay, descent, detainment, detention, disappointment, discomfiture, disillusionment, dissatisfaction, down, drag, ease-off, ease-up, failure, fallen countenance, falling back, fiasco, fixation, fizzle, flagging, foil, foiling, foot-dragging, forlorn hope, frustration, hampering, hindering, hindrance, holdback, holdup, hope deferred, impediment, inhibition, interference, interruption, lag, lapse, let, letdown, letup, minus acceleration, mirage, negativism, nuisance value, obstacle, obstruction, obstructionism, occlusion, opposition, reaction, rebuff, recession, recidivation, recidivism, recrudescence, recurrence, reentry, refluence, reflux, regress, regression, relapse, renewal, repression, repulse, resistance, restraint, restriction, retardation, retardment, retroaction, retrocession, retroflexion, retrogradation, retrogression, retrusion, return, reversal, reverse, reverse of fortune, reversion, rollback, rout, severe check, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing, slowing down, slowup, sore disappointment, squeeze, sternway, stranglehold, stricture, stumbling block, suppression, tantalization, tease, throwback

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  • setback — set‧back [ˈsetbæk] noun [countable] something that delays the progress or development of a plan, activity etc or makes things worse than they were before: • The company suffered a setback when it lost a bid to become the partner in a new venture …   Financial and business terms

  • setback — index adversity, casualty, damper (depressant), debacle, decline, defeat, delay, disadvantage …   Law dictionary

  • Setback — may have the following meanings:* a problem * Setback (land use), the distance a structure must be from the edge of a lot * Setback (architecture), making upper storeys of a high rise further back than the lower ones for aesthetic, structural, or …   Wikipedia

  • Setback — Set back (s[e^]t b[a^]k ), n. 1. (Arch.) Offset, n., 4. [1913 Webster] 2. A backset; a countercurrent; an eddy. [U. S.] [1913 Webster] 3. A reversal of progress in an endeavor; a reverse; a backset; a check; a repulse; a relapse. [Colloq. U.S.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • setback — (n.) 1670s, reversal, check to progress, from SET (Cf. set) (v.) + BACK (Cf. back) (adv.). Meaning space between a building and a property line is from 1916. To set (someone) back cost is from 1900 …   Etymology dictionary

  • setback — [n] disappointment about face*, backset, bath*, blow, bottom, check, comedown, defeat, delay, difficulty, drawing board*, flipflop*, hindrance, hitch*, hold up, impediment, misfortune, obstacle, rebuff, regress, regression, reversal, reversal of… …   New thesaurus

  • setback — ► NOUN ▪ a reversal or check in progress …   English terms dictionary

  • setback — [set′bak΄] n. 1. a reversal, check, or interruption in progress; relapse; upset 2. an upper part of a wall or building set back to form a steplike section 3. PITCH2 (n. 8) …   English World dictionary

  • setback — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ temporary ▪ early, initial ▪ big, huge, major, serious, severe, significant …   Collocations dictionary

  • setback — n. 1) to have, receive, suffer a setback 2) a serious; unexpected setback 3) a business; diplomatic; financial; military; personal; political; professional setback * * * [ setbæk] diplomatic financial military personal political professional… …   Combinatory dictionary

  • setback — UK [ˈsetˌbæk] / US noun [countable] Word forms setback : singular setback plural setbacks a problem that delays or that stops progress or makes a situation worse setback for: Falling share prices may be another setback for the troubled economy.… …   English dictionary

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