Today we mostly use thwart as a verb to mean “to defeat or oppose successfully” but a lesser-known meaning of the word is “to pass through or across.” And it’s that sense that points to the origin of this odd-sounding word.

THWARTED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of thwart 2. to stop something from happening or someone from…. Learn more.

THWART definition: 1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2. to stop something from…. Learn more.

The verb thwart describes defeating something or someone, so the adjective form, thwarted, describes something that has been defeated — or ruined — like a thwarted team that isn't going to win the championship; another team has surpassed them.

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Synonyms for THWARTED: frustrated, hampered, baffled, foiled, defeated, stopped, prevented, hindered; Antonyms of THWARTED: encouraged, promoted, advanced, forwarded, cultivated, fostered, assisted, aided

To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans. 2. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone). n. 1. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. 2. A transverse strut in a canoe or other small boat. 1. Extending, lying, or passing across; transverse. 2.

thwart and frustrate apply to purposes, actions, plans, etc., baffle, to the psychological state of the person thwarted. thwart suggests stopping one by opposing, blocking, or in some way running counter to one’s efforts.

thwart meaning, definition, what is thwart: to prevent someone from doing what they ...: Learn more.

THWART meaning: to prevent (someone) from doing something or to stop (something) from happening often used as (be) thwarted