Antonyms for thwarting
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : thwawrt |
| Phonetic Transcription : θwɔrt |
Definition of thwarting
Origin :- c.1200, from Old Norse þvert "across," originally neuter of thverr (adj.) "transverse, across," cognate with Old English þweorh "transverse, perverse, angry, cross," from Proto-Germanic *thwerkhaz (cf. Middle Dutch dwers, Dutch dwars "cross-grained, contrary," Old High German twerh, German quer, Gothic þwairhs "angry"), altered (by influence of *thwer- "to turn") from *therkh-, from PIE *twork-/*twerk- "twist" (cf. Latin torquere "to twist," Sanskrit tarkuh "spindle," Old Church Slavonic traku "band, girdle," Old High German drahsil "turner," German drechseln "to turn on a lathe").
- verb stop, hinder
- She has been thwarting me for the last hour about everything I want to do.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- We're not thwarting Lieutenant Ferry's plan, we're only improving upon it.
- Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
- “Sir Peter has great faith in annoying and thwarting me,” she went on.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- I have been thwarting, deceiving, and betraying you—from conviction.'
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- They hate me now because I have been instrumental in thwarting them.
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- A plain warning as to the possibility of thwarting these influences.
- Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
- For this, or at any rate for some thwarting of his will, he seems never to have forgiven her.
- Extract from : « The White Lady of Hazelwood » by Emily Sarah Holt
- She spoke sharply as was her way when she suspected any thwarting of her will or desire.
- Extract from : « Flamsted quarries » by Mary E. Waller
- If he knew that I am now thwarting them also, he would hunt me to death.
- Extract from : « Blown to Bits » by R.M. Ballantyne
- He had the Tartars' lives almost in his grasp, but de Gobignon was thwarting him.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: The Holy War » by Robert Shea
Synonyms for thwarting
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- check
- circumvent
- confuse
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cross
- curb
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- ditch
- dodge
- double-cross
- duck
- foil
- foul up
- frustrate
- give the slip
- hold up
- impede
- louse up
- match
- obstruct
- oppose
- outwit
- pit
- play off
- prevent
- queer
- restrain
- ruin
- scotch
- skin
- snafu
- stymie
- take down
- take wind out of
- trammel
- upset
- upset one's apple cart
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