hinder
/ˈhɪndəː/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.39 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
comparative form of hind: more hind
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "A drought hinders the growth of plants."
- "We doubt not of a faire and luckie Warre, / Since God ſo graciouſly hath brought to light / This dangerous Treaſon, lurking in our way, / To hinder our beginnings."
- "Arsenal were playing without a recognised full-back – their defence comprising four centre-halves – and the lack of width was hindering their progress."
- "She hindered a man from committing suicide."
- "Then let me goe, and hinder not my courſe: [...]"
- "[I]f in thoſe days Cham and Japhet, and other Parents beſides the Eldest Son were Heads and Princes over their Families, and had a right to divide the Earth by Families, what hinders Younger Brothers, being Fathers of Families from having the ſame right, [...]"
Etymology
From Middle English hindren, from Old English hindrian, from Proto-Germanic *hindrōną, *hinderōną (“to hinder”), from Proto-Germanic *hinder (“back”) (adverb). Cognate with Dutch hinderen and German hindern, Latin contra (“back, against”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: hindren, hindrian, *hindrōną, *hinder, hinder
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈhɪndəː/
- British English: /ˈhɪndəː/