thwarting

Noun · Adjective
Synonyms: frustrationfoilingfrustratingfrustrative

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. an act of hindering someone's plans or effortsSynonyms: frustrationfoiling

Adjective (1)

  1. preventing realization or attainment of a desireSynonyms: frustratingfrustrative
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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]
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