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- [thwawrt]
- /θwɔrt/
- /θwɔːt/
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- [thwawrt]
- /θwɔrt/
Definitions of thwart word
- verb with object thwart to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose. 1
- verb with object thwart to frustrate or baffle (a plan, purpose, etc.). 1
- verb with object thwart Archaic. to cross. to extend across. 1
- noun thwart a seat across a boat, especially one used by a rower. 1
- noun thwart a transverse member spreading the gunwales of a canoe or the like. 1
- adjective thwart passing or lying crosswise or across; cross; transverse. 1
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Origin of thwart
First appearance:
before 1200 One of the 9% oldest English words
1200-50; Middle English thwert (adv.) < Old Norse thvert across, neuter of thverr transverse; cognate with Old English thweorh crooked, cross, Gothic thwairhs cross, angry
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Parts of speech for Thwart
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thwart popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for thwart
adj thwart
- aslant — at a slant
- contrariwise — from a contrasting point of view; on the other hand
- crossways — crosswise.
- crosswise — Crosswise means diagonally across something.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
verb thwart
- baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- beat down — When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- beat off — to drive back; repel
adjective thwart
- across — If someone or something goes across a place or a boundary, they go from one side of it to the other.
- athwart — transversely; from one side to another
- crossing — A crossing is a journey by boat or ship to a place on the other side of a sea, river, or lake.
- diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- intersecting — Present participle of intersect.
Antonyms for thwart
verb thwart
- accommodate — If a building or space can accommodate someone or something, it has enough room for them.
- advantaged — A person or place that is advantaged is in a better social or financial position than other people or places.
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- angeled — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
- angeling — one of a class of spiritual beings; a celestial attendant of God. In medieval angelology, angels constituted the lowest of the nine celestial orders (seraphim, cherubim, thrones, dominations or dominions, virtues, powers, principalities or princedoms, archangels, and angels).
adjective thwart
- lengthwise — In a direction parallel with a thing's length.
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