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Best answers for Setback – Crossword Clue


Answer: reversal


Clue Length Answer
Setback4 lettersblow
  1. Definition: 1. leave; informal or rude; "shove off!"; "The children shoved along"; "Blow now!"

Setback4 lettersblip
  1. Definition: 1. a radar echo displayed so as to show the position of a reflecting surface

Setback4 lettersloss
  1. Definition: 1. euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

Setback4 lettersrout
  1. Definition: 1. defeat disastrously

Setback5 letterstease
  1. Definition: 1. mock or make fun of playfully; "the flirting man teased the young woman"

Setback5 lettershitch
  1. Definition: 1. to hook or entangle; "One foot caught in the stirrup"

Setback6 lettershiccup
  1. Definition: 1. breathe spasmodically, and make a sound; "When you have to hiccup, drink a glass of cold water"

Setback6 lettersrebuff
  1. Definition: 1. reject outright and bluntly; "She snubbed his proposal"

Setback6 lettersreflux

    Setback6 lettersreturn
    1. Definition: 1. getting something back again; "upon the restitution of the book to its rightful owner the child was given a tongue lashing"

    Setback6 lettersdefeat
    1. Definition: 1. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest; "it was a narrow defeat"; "the army's only defeat"; "they suffered a convincing licking"

    Setback7 lettersslow-up

      Setback7 lettersrepulse
      1. Definition: 1. force or drive back; "repel the attacker"; "fight off the onslaught"; "rebuff the attack"

      Setback7 letterssqueeze
      1. Definition: 1. squeeze tightly between the fingers; "He pinched her behind"; "She squeezed the bottle"

      Setback7 lettersregress
      1. Definition: 1. go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals"

      Setback7 lettersreverse
      1. Definition: 1. change to the contrary; "The trend was reversed"; "the tides turned against him"; "public opinion turned when it was revealed that the president had an affair with a White House intern"

      Setback7 lettersrenewal
      1. Definition: 1. filling again by supplying what has been used up

      Setback7 lettersreentry
      1. Definition: 1. the act of entering again

      Setback7 lettersrelapse
      1. Definition: 1. a failure to maintain a higher state

      Setback8 lettersreaction
      1. Definition: 1. doing something in opposition to another way of doing it that you don't like; "his style of painting was a reaction against cubism"

      Setback8 lettersreversal
      1. Definition: 1. an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating

      Setback8 letterssternway

        Setback8 lettersrollback

          Setback8 lettersslowdown
          1. Definition: 1. the act of slowing down or falling behind

          Setback9 lettersstricture
          1. Definition: 1. severe criticism

          Setback9 lettersthrowback

            Setback9 lettersrestraint
            1. Definition: 1. discipline in personal and social activities; "he was a model of polite restraint"; "she never lost control of herself"

            Setback9 lettersrecession
            1. Definition: 1. a small concavity

            Setback9 lettersreversion
            1. Definition: 1. a failure to maintain a higher state

            Setback10 lettersrecidivism

              Setback10 lettersregression

                Setback10 lettersrepression

                  Setback10 lettersresistance
                  1. Definition: 1. the capacity of an organism to defend itself against harmful environmental agents; "these trees are widely planted because of their resistance to salt and smog"

                  Setback10 lettersslackening

                    Setback10 lettersrecurrence

                      Setback11 lettersrestriction

                        Setback11 letterssuppression

                          Setback11 lettersretroaction

                            Setback11 lettersretardation

                              Setback12 lettersretroflexion

                                Setback12 lettersstranglehold
                                1. Definition: 1. a wrestling hold in which the arms are pressed against the opponent's windpipe

                                Setback12 lettersslowing-down

                                  Setback13 lettersretrogression

                                    Setback13 lettersrecrudescence


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