Help • [Element] • dyn.pr. Hinder<–> Help • direct assistance to another’s effort • The Help characteristic assists another’s efforts. This can be a real boon to someone struggling to achieve. Sometimes, however, someone doesn’t want any help. He either wants to do it on his own or what he is trying to do has been misread by the character representing the Help characteristic who is actually hindering him. Did you hear the one about the Boy Scout who helped the little old lady across the street and then she bashed him with her handbag because she had been waiting for a bus? • syn. aid, assist, support, bolster, abet