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Today we mostly use thwart as a verb to mean “to defeat or oppose successfully” but a lesser-known meaning of the word is “to pass through or across.” And it’s that sense that points to the origin of this odd-sounding word.
THWART definition: 1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2. to stop something from…. Learn more.
Definition of thwart verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
THWART meaning: 1. to stop something from happening or someone from doing something: 2. to stop something from…. Learn more.
verb. If you thwart someone or thwart their plans, you prevent them from doing or getting what they want. The accounting firm deliberately destroyed documents to thwart government investigators. [VERB noun] Her ambition to become an artist was thwarted by failing eyesight. [VERB noun] Synonyms: frustrate, stop, foil, check More Synonyms of thwart.
Thwart is a word you'll hear in a lot of action movies, and usually it's the hero who is trying to thwart the evil plan of some super-villain. Yet even mere mortals can be thwarted in their efforts; the word simply means to prevent someone from carrying out his or her plans.
THWART meaning: to prevent someone from doing what they have planned to do. Learn more.
