Hang-up
Full definition of hang-up
Noun
- an emotional difficulty or a psychological inhibition; a complex
- 2013, Nic Fleming, at BBC, Sex Lessons, British StyleWe’re said to have so many hang-ups that we don’t even talk about sex until we’re in the pub, and to need to be blind drunk before anything approaching physical contact occurs.
- an unforeseen obstacle to progress; a hitch