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Detailed Synonyms for thwarted in English

thwarted:

thwarted adj

  1. thwarted
    – disappointingly unsuccessful 1
    disappointed; defeated; frustrated; thwarted; discomfited; foiled
    – disappointingly unsuccessful 1
    • disappointed adj
      • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions1
    • defeated adj
    • frustrated adj
      • many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers1
    • thwarted adj
      • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions1
      • his best efforts were thwarted1
    • foiled adj
      • their foiled attempt to capture Calais1

Alternate Synonyms for "thwarted":


Related Definitions for "thwarted":

  1. disappointingly unsuccessful1
    • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions1
    • his best efforts were thwarted1

thwart:

to thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)

  1. to thwart
    to thwart; to hinder; to make more difficult; to make harder; to make heavier
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • hinder verb (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • make more difficult verb (makes more difficult, made more difficult, making more difficult)
    • make harder verb (makes harder, made harder, making harder)
    • make heavier verb (makes heavier, made heavier, making heavier)
  2. to thwart
    to hinder; to oppose; to thwart; to sabotage; to cross; to stem; to upset; to stop
    • hinder verb (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • oppose verb (opposes, opposed, opposing)
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • sabotage verb (sabotages, sabotaged, sabotaging)
    • cross verb (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • stem verb (stems, stemmed, stemming)
    • upset verb (upsets, upset, upsetting)
    • stop verb (stops, stopped, stopping)
    to prevent
    – keep from happening or arising; make impossible 1
    • prevent verb (prevents, prevented, preventing)
  3. to thwart
    to counteract; to withstand; to resist; to oppose; to thwart
    • counteract verb (counteracts, counteracted, counteracting)
    • withstand verb (withstands, withstood, withstanding)
    • resist verb (resists, resisted, resisting)
    • oppose verb (opposes, opposed, opposing)
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
  4. to thwart
    to hinder; to hamper; make impossible; to thwart; to block
    • hinder verb (hinders, hindered, hindering)
    • hamper verb (hampers, hampered, hampering)
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • block verb (blocks, blocked, blocking)
  5. to thwart
    to thwart
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
  6. to thwart
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    to cross; to spoil; to foil; queer; to thwart; to baffle; to frustrate; scotch; bilk
    – hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of 1
    • cross verb (crosss, crossed, crossing)
    • spoil verb (spoils, spoiled, spoiling)
    • foil verb (foils, foiled, foiling)
      • foil your opponent1
    • queer verb
    • thwart verb (thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)
    • baffle verb (baffles, baffled, baffling)
    • frustrate verb (frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)
      • What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge1
    • scotch verb
    • bilk verb

Conjugations for thwart:

present
  1. thwart
  2. thwart
  3. thwarts
  4. thwart
  5. thwart
  6. thwart
simple past
  1. thwarted
  2. thwarted
  3. thwarted
  4. thwarted
  5. thwarted
  6. thwarted
present perfect
  1. have thwarted
  2. have thwarted
  3. has thwarted
  4. have thwarted
  5. have thwarted
  6. have thwarted
past continuous
  1. was thwarting
  2. were thwarting
  3. was thwarting
  4. were thwarting
  5. were thwarting
  6. were thwarting
future
  1. shall thwart
  2. will thwart
  3. will thwart
  4. shall thwart
  5. will thwart
  6. will thwart
continuous present
  1. am thwarting
  2. are thwarting
  3. is thwarting
  4. are thwarting
  5. are thwarting
  6. are thwarting
subjunctive
  1. be thwarted
  2. be thwarted
  3. be thwarted
  4. be thwarted
  5. be thwarted
  6. be thwarted
diverse
  1. thwart!
  2. let's thwart!
  3. thwarted
  4. thwarting
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

thwart [the ~] noun

  1. the thwart
    the rowing-bench; the thwart
  2. the thwart
    – a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat 1
    the thwart; the cross thwart
    – a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat 1

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Alternate Synonyms for "thwart":


Related Definitions for "thwart":

  1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat1
  2. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of1