thwart
thwart is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective, preposition, noun, transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- adjective. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
- adjective. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
- adjective. Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
- preposition. Across; athwart.
- noun. A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
- transitive verb. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
- transitive verb. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
- intransitive verb. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
- intransitive verb. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
- noun. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- verb. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
Synonyms
baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil
Common word forms
thwarts, thwarted, thwarter, thwartly, thwarting, thwartness
Words from these letters
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