Synonyms for Curbing:
v.
•de-motivating (verb)de-motivating, discouraging, daunting, Dissuading, disheartening, stifling, Disinclining, throttling, depressing, dampening.
•hindering (verb)
frustrating, impeding, stopping, Fouling, crippling, Paralyzing, Resisting, Damming, opposing, Miring, barring, Staying, Entrapping, blocking, Snagging, Plugging, Checking, Detaining, Hampering, thwarting, Handicapping, Delaying, Deterring, Complicating, Encumbering, Cramping, Impairing, bottlenecking, restricting, constipating, Tangling, Burdening, congesting, catching, Obstructing, hindering, countering, Snarling, Restraining, Bunging, choking, braking, constraining, Hamstringing, fettering, Clogging, Crimping, jamming, dragging, baffling, Entangling, inhibiting, Interrupting.
•prohibiting (verb)
disqualifying, controlling, Denying, Rejecting, Disallowing, Refusing, banning, Preventing, Suppressing, Oppressing, Prohibiting, Curtailing, disapproving, Outlawing, forbidding, Precluding.
Usage examples for curbing
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Apparently the Legislature bore him no ill will for his curbing hand. – The Henchman by Mark Lee Luther
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Wright's companion, as he fell, struck partly on the curbing of the shaft, rolled in and was of course dashed to pieces. – The Comstock Club by Charles Carroll Goodwin
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All she needed was a little curbing and directing, both of which could just as well have been done there at home. – Miss Billy by Eleanor H. Porter