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1. (v.t.) thwart
to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
2. thwart
to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.).
3. thwart
Archaic.
4. thwart
to cross.
5. thwart
to pass or extend across.
6. (adj.) thwart
set crosswise or across; transverse.
7. (n.) thwart
a seat across a boat, esp. one used by a rower.
Etymology: (1730–40)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) thwart, cross thwart
a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
2. (verb) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) thwart
situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique
2. (adj) thwart
fig.: Perverse; crossgrained
3. (adj) thwart
thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart
4. (noun) thwart
a seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat
5. thwart
across; athwart
6. (verb) thwart
to move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air
7. (verb) thwart
to cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat
8. (verb) thwart
to move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner
9. (verb) thwart
hence, to be in opposition; to clash
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Sense: to stop or hinder (someone) from doing something
He doesn't like to be thwarted.
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 Afrikaans: teëhou, teëwerk |
 Arabic: يُحْبِط، يُعيق، يُفْشِل |
 Bulgarian: преча |
 Brazilian: impedir |
 Czech: odporovat |
 German: hindern |
 Danish: forhindre; modarbejde |
 Greek: εμποδίζω, σταματώ |
 Spanish: impedir algo a alguien; c |
 Estonian: takistama |
 Farsi: ممانعت کردن؛ مانع گذاشتن |
 Finnish: estää |
 French: contrarier |
 Hebrew: לַעֲצוֹר בְּעַד |
 Hindi: रोकना |
 Croatian: osujetiti, pomrsiti račun |
 Hungarian: keresztez, akadályoz |
 Indonesian: mencegah |
 Icelandic: hindra |
 Italian: contrariare, ostacolare |
 Japanese: 妨害する |
 Korean: 훼방 놓다 |
 Lithuanian: (kam) kliudyti |
 Latvian: []kavēt |
 Malay: menghalang |
 Dutch: dwarsbomen |
 Norwegian: motarbeide(s) |
 Polish: psuć komuś szyk |
 Portuguese: impedir |
 Romanian: a seîmpotrivi |
 Russian: мешать |
 Slovak: (s)priečiť, prekaziť, (z) |
 Slovenian: prekrižati račune |
 Serbian: ometati |
 Swedish: hindra ngn att få sin vil |
 Thai: ขัดขวาง |
 Turkish: engellemek, engel olmak |
 Taiwanese: 阻撓，阻礙 |
 Ukrainian: перешкоджати |
 Urdu: مزاحم ہونا، روک دينا |
 Vietnamese: cản trở |
 Chinese: 阻挠，阻碍 |
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