hangup
Personal mental obstacle
A hangup is a psychological block or emotional preoccupation that interferes with normal functioning: She has a hangup about public speaking, He's got hangups about commitment.
The term suggests something irrational or neurotic—a personal issue that shouldn't be as big a deal as it is.
Often plural: We all have our hangups.
To break a connection
Mental check on behavior
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
- preoccupationAbsorbing mental focus
neurosis · anxiety · block · phobia · aversion · issue · baggage · insecurity
Unforeseen complication
- hitchTemporary difficulty or snag
- delayEnforced waiting period
- holdupTheft by threat
- setbackReverse in progress
complication · glitch · impediment · problem · difficulty · sticking point · bottleneck · roadblock
disconnect
To break a connection
receiver · drop · cut off · terminate · ring off · callback · redial
inhibition
Mental check on behavior
- complexHaving many interconnected parts
- fixationPersistent mental attachment
- obsessionPersistent, intrusive preoccupation
preoccupation · neurosis · anxiety · block · phobia · aversion · issue · baggage · insecurity · mental block
snag
Unforeseen complication
setback · complication · glitch · impediment · problem · difficulty · sticking point · bottleneck · roadblock · catch
- phone callsphone number, robocall, cell number, cold call, mobile number
- callsphone call, call back, callback, missed call, incoming call
- call centerscold call, inbound call, outbound, call volume, queue
- telephonytelephone, telephone network, call, dial tone, phone lines
- delaysdelays, delay, delayed, postponement, postpone
- malfunctionsbroken, defective, glitch, faulty, error
hangupacceptance
Consent to receive
letting go · confidence · uninhibitedness · ease · freedom
- hang onWait or persist
- hang upEnd telephone conversation
- hang outSpend time idly together
- hanging outCasual socializing
- hang in thereEndure through difficulty
- hanging aroundRemaining somewhere idly
hang, hanging, hanger, hanged, overhang, hangers, overhanging, hangover, hang-up