thwartedadj.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective] > having a transverse line or streak
thwarted1655
the world > space > relative position > posture > position of specific body parts > [adjective] > legs
striddling1638
thwarted1655
straddle-legged1817
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. iii. 41 All Knights-Templers make such Saltire Cross, with their Thwarted Leggs upon their Monuments.
2. Obstructed; frustrated, balked, defeated.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adjective] > of purpose: frustrated
frustrate1447
discomfited1538
discomfishedc1540
frustrateda1643
balked1704
thwarted1828
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > prevented or checked > thwarted
forbeft1487
prevented1568
frustrate1588
crossed1621
frustrateda1643
baffleda1658
nonsuit1679
balked1704
thwarted1828
1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) II. 13 Ever-thwarted, ever renewed endeavours.
a1856 W. Hamilton Lect. Metaphysics (1859) II. xlv. 504 A thwarted, and therefore a painful, energy of thought.
1879 W. H. Dixon Royal Windsor II. xx. 208 Harry..understood the misery of a thwarted suit.
Derivatives
ˈthwartedly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [adverb] > in a frustrated manner
thwartedly1870
frustratedly1978
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adverb] > thwarting > thwarted
thwartedly1870
1870 J. Ruskin Lect. Art (1875) vii. 179 An atmosphere through which a burning sun shines thwartedly.
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