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Synonyms for thwarting

Grammar : Verb
Spell : thwawrt
Phonetic Transcription : θwɔrt

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

Antonyms for thwarting

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