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thwart
[ thwawrt ]
verb (used with object)
- to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
- to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).
- Archaic.
- to cross.
- to extend across.
noun
- a seat across a boat, especially one used by a rower.
- a transverse member spreading the gunwales of a canoe or the like.
adjective
- passing or lying crosswise or across; cross; transverse.
- perverse; obstinate.
- adverse; unfavorable.
preposition
- across; athwart.
thwart
/ θwɔːt /
verb
- to oppose successfully or prevent; frustrate
they thwarted the plan
- obsolete.to be or move across
noun
- nautical a seat lying across a boat and occupied by an oarsman
adjective
- passing or being situated across
- archaic.perverse or stubborn
preposition
- obsolete.across
Derived Forms
- ˈthwarter, noun
- ˈthwartedly, adverb
Other Words From
- thwarted·ly adverb
- thwarter noun
- un·thwarted adjective
- un·thwarting adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of thwart1
Word History and Origins
Origin of thwart1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
For now, an attempt to break into your mind could easily be thwarted by closing your eyes, or wiggling fingers, or even getting drowsy.
It’s a role he grew into, first thanks to insight he gained keeping his own hives, and more recently by embracing the latest in security technology to thwart thieves.
Amazon effort to thwart Alabama union drive suffers early defeat at labor boardBy rule, Amazon’s frenzy of anti-union campaigning in Bessemer will slow soon enough.
When the spike protein changes, however, it can become harder for our immune system to recognize and, ultimately, thwart.
Meanwhile, Stanton camped out in his War Department office and thwarted attempts to replace him.
An independent Paris publishing house, Les Arènes, is said to have had a skeleton staff working on the project to thwart leaks.
“They made every effort they could to thwart the study at every turn,” she says.
Sadly for the NRA, we are in the Information Age, and the truth is starting to regularly get past their efforts to thwart it.
All Facebook will see is cyphertext—the mathematical gibberish computers generate to thwart spying eyes.
For years, Google has been developing ways to help people living under oppressive regimes thwart online suppression.
Who was he, indeed, that he should claim the right to thwart another's happiness, hinder another's best self-realisation?
Edna's desire to see Mademoiselle Reisz had increased tenfold since these unlooked-for obstacles had arisen to thwart it.
Catherine never went more directly to her own ends than in just such schemes which appeared to thwart them.
Mrs. Gillis arranged for the evening meal at the Gillis home where plans could be made to thwart an invader.
He says the normal, healthy thing for her is to write, to write tremendous books, and she'll suffer if we thwart her.
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