thwart
31thwart — Synonyms and related words: across, across the grain, annul, athwart, athwartships, baffle, balk, beat, bench, bendwise, bias, biased, biaswise, bilk, blast, block, brace, brave, bring to nothing, buffer, cancel, cancel out, cast down,… …
32thwart — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. oppose, baffle, foil, frustrate, defeat, block, contravene. See hindrance. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stop, impede, frustrate; see confuse , prevent , trammel . See Synonym Study at frustrate . III… …
33thwart — θwÉ”rt /θwÉ”Ët n. act of prevention or frustration; seat across a boat used by an oarsman v. frustrate, foil, prevent, impede adj. diagonal, slanted, sloped …
34thwart — [θwɔ:t] verb prevent from succeeding in or accomplishing something. noun a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat. preposition & adverb archaic or literary from one side to another side of; across. Origin ME thwerte, from… …
35thwart — v. a. 1. Traverse, cross, intersect, lie across, move across. 2. Hinder, oppose, oppugn, obstruct, contravene, counteract, disconcert, cross. 3. Frustrate, defeat, balk …
36thwart — 1 verb (T) formal to prevent someone from doing what they are trying to do: My plans were thwarted by the intervention of the police. | thwarted ambition 2 noun (C) technical a seat fixed across a rowing boat …
37thwart — v 1. frustrate, foil, balk, check, stop, abort; oppose, cross, contravene, Scot. thraw; defeat, undo, outmaneuver; prevent, preclude, obstruct, block, circumvent; intercept, interpose, intervene, interfere, impede, hinder, hamper; spoil, mar,… …
38thwart — verb Syn: foil, frustrate, forestall, stop, check, block, prevent, defeat, impede, obstruct, derail, snooker; informal put paid to, do for, stymie; Brit.; informal scupper Ant: help …
39thwart — [θwɔːt] verb [T] formal to prevent someone from doing something that they were planning to do …
40thwart — /θwɔt / (say thwawt) verb (t) 1. to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose; frustrate (a purpose, etc.); baffle. 2. Obsolete to cross. 3. Obsolete to extend across. –noun 4. a seat across a boat, especially one used by a rower …
