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The definition of thwart is to hinder or stop something from happening.

(verb)

An example of thwart is when you catch your kids in the process of sneaking out.

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adjective

lying or extending across something else; transverse; oblique
Obsolete perverse

Origin: ME thwert < ON thvert, neut. of thverr, transverse < IE *terk-, to turn (prob. < *ter-, to rub with rotary motion > throw) > L torquere, to twist, turn

adverb,

Archaic athwart

noun

a rower's seat extending across a boat
a brace extending across a canoe

transitive verb

Obsolete to extend or place over or across
to hinder, obstruct, frustrate, or defeat (a person, plans, etc.)

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transitive verb thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts

To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans.
To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of.

noun
Nautical

A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

adjective

Extending, lying, or passing across; transverse.
Eager to oppose, especially wrongly; perverse.

adverb & prep.
Archaic

Athwart; across.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English thwerten

Origin: , from thwert, across

Origin: , from Old Norse thvert

Origin: , neuter of thverr, transverse; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

thwartˈer noun

thwartˈly adverb

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