thwart

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: cross thwartqueerspoilscotchfoilcrossfrustratebafflebilk

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboatSynonyms: cross thwart

Verb (1)

  1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of“What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge”“foil your opponent”Synonyms: queerspoilscotchfoilcrossfrustratebafflebilk
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.]

1.To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. [1913 Webster]

If crooked fortune had not thwarted me.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other.— South.[1913 Webster]
Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.

1.To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.] [1913 Webster]

2.Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.] [1913 Webster]

Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles.— Locke.[1913 Webster]
Thwart \Thwart\, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv., Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tv[aum]r cross, unfriendly, Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]

1.Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. [1913 Webster]

Moved contrary with thwart obliquities.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Thwart \Thwart\, prep. Across; athwart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart. [1913 Webster]

Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat. [1913 Webster]
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