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- Dictionarythwart/θwɔːt/
verb
- 1. prevent (someone) from accomplishing something: "he never did anything to thwart his father"
noun
- 1. a structural crosspiece forming a seat for a rower in a boat.
preposition
- 1. from one side to another side of (an area); across: archaic, literary "a pink-tinged cloud spread thwart the shore"
adverb
- 1. from one side to another side of an area. archaic, literary
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Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of the word thwart, which can mean to oppose, defeat, or pass through something. See examples of thwart in sentences and related words in the thesaurus.
Thwart means to stop something from happening or someone from doing something. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation, and translations in different languages.
Thwart means to stop something from happening or someone from doing something. Learn more about its usage, pronunciation, and translations in different languages.
Thwart means to prevent somebody from doing what they want to do. Learn how to use this formal verb with synonyms, examples, pronunciation and word origin.
Thwart means to prevent or oppose someone or something from achieving their goal or purpose. Learn how to use thwart in a sentence, find synonyms, and explore its origin and usage in British and American English.
Thwart is a word you'll hear in a lot of action movies, and usually it's the hero who is trying to thwart the evil plan of some super-villain. Yet even mere mortals can be thwarted in their efforts; the word simply means to prevent someone from carrying out his or her plans.
1. to oppose successfully or prevent; frustrate: they thwarted the plan. 2. obsolete to be or move across. n. (Nautical Terms) nautical a seat lying across a boat and occupied by an oarsman. adj. 3. passing or being situated across. 4. archaic perverse or stubborn.
