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thwart
[thwawrt] 
,–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. |
| 2. | to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.). |
| 3. | Archaic.
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–noun
| 4. | a seat across a boat, esp. one used by a rower. |
| 5. | a transverse member spreading the gunwales of a canoe or the like. |
–adjective
| 6. | passing or lying crosswise or across; cross; transverse. |
| 7. | perverse; obstinate. |
| 8. | adverse; unfavorable. |
–preposition, adverb
| 9. | across; athwart. |
Origin:
1200–50; ME thwert (adv.) < ON thvert across, neut. of thverr transverse; c. OE thweorh crooked, cross, Goth thwairhs cross, angry
1200–50; ME thwert (adv.) < ON thvert across, neut. of thverr transverse; c. OE thweorh crooked, cross, Goth thwairhs cross, angry
Related forms:
thwart⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
thwarter, noun
Synonyms:
1. hinder, obstruct. Thwart, frustrate, baffle imply preventing one, more or less completely, from accomplishing a purpose. 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. Frustrate implies rendering all attempts or efforts useless or ineffectual, so that nothing ever comes of them. Baffle suggests causing defeat by confusing, puzzling, or perplexing, so that a situation seems too hard a problem to understand or solve.
1. hinder, obstruct. Thwart, frustrate, baffle imply preventing one, more or less completely, from accomplishing a purpose. 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. Frustrate implies rendering all attempts or efforts useless or ineffectual, so that nothing ever comes of them. Baffle suggests causing defeat by confusing, puzzling, or perplexing, so that a situation seems too hard a problem to understand or solve.
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| thwart (thwôrt) tr.v. thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts
A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. adj.
Athwart; across. [Middle English thwerten, from thwert, across, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr, transverse; see terkw- in Indo-European roots.] thwart'er n., thwart'ly adv. |
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Thwart
Thwart\, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv., Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tv["a]r cross, unfriendly, Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton. 2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak.Thwart
Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton.Thwart
Thwart\, n. (Naut.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.Thwart
Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.]1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.] Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton. 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. --South.Thwart
Thwart\, v. i. 1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.] 2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.] Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles. --Locke.
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Language Translation for : thwart
Spanish:
impedir algo a alguien; contrariar,
German:
hindern,
Japanese:
妨害する
thwart (adv.)
c.1200, from O.N. þvert "across," originally neut. of thverr (adj.) "transverse, across," cognate with O.E. þweorh "transverse, perverse, angry, cross," from P.Gmc. *thwerkhaz (cf. M.Du. dwers, Du. dwars "cross-grained, contrary," O.H.G. twerh, Ger. quer, Goth. þwairhs "angry"), altered (by influence of *thwer- "to turn") from *therkh-, from PIE *twork-/*twerk- "twist" (cf. L. torquere "to twist," Skt. tarkuh "spindle," O.C.S. traku "band, girdle," O.H.G. drahsil "turner," Ger. drechseln "to turn on a lathe"). The verb meaning "oppose, hinder" is c.1250, from the adv. and prep.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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