The meaning of Thwarted
Thwarted – definition
verbPrevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
Usage examples:
He never did anything to thwart his father
nounA structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.
Usage examples:
Her hull is painted white with blue trim on the thwarts.
prepositionFrom one side to another side of (an area); across.
Usage examples:
A pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore
adverbFrom one side to another side of an area.
verbPast simple and past participle of thwart
Usage examples:
Our holiday plans were thwarted by the airline pilots' strike
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Word origin
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘t
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