thwartingn.
/ˈθwɔːtɪŋ/ The action of thwart v.† 1.
a. Going athwart, crossing. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [noun]
thwartingc1440
thwartness1577
transversality1850
transverseness1867
c1440 Gesta Romanorum (Harl.) xlvi. 193 By the Ringe we muste vndirstonde feithe, for that owithe to be Rounde like a Ringe, and with oute eny twartynge.
b. Cross-ploughing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > breaking up land > ploughing > [noun] > cross-ploughing
overthwarting1552
thwarting1847
1847 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 8 ii. 318 After the first thwarting of the fallow (cross-ploughing),..the clods are worked..into about the size of a hen's egg.
2. Opposition; hindrance, impediment; defeating, frustration.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun]
contrariositya1340
adversitya1382
champertyc1386
contrariousness1398
thwartingc1430
contrariancec1450
contrariness?1530
withsitting1532
oppugning1535
opposition1548
oppugnation1563
thwartness1577
adverseness1580
crossing1580
breasting1594
antipathy1601
oppugnancy1609
affrontment1611
opposure1611
thortera1614
contrariancya1617
obstancy1616
oppositeness1619
contropposition1621
obstrigillation1623
opposing1624
hostility1632
opposal1638
crossness1641
affront1642
aversion1651
oppugnance1657
shock1664
opponency1727
counteraction1750
antagonism1797
throwing1816
oppositiveness1824
kick1839
variance1842
opposedness1853
againstness1909
hornet1921
adversariness1970
oppositionality1989
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > [noun] > action of
lettingOE
impeachingc1400
thwartingc1430
interruption1463
inhibition1621
obstructing1641
clogging1647
obstruction1656
thorteringa1693
interclusion1798
the world > relative properties > relationship > contrariety or contrast > [noun]
riot?c1225
contrariositya1340
contrarietyc1380
contrariness1398
contrariousness1398
repugnance?a1425
contrariancec1450
oppositiona1500
contraposition1581
countermatching1587
counterposition1594
antipathy1601
antistrophe1605
thwarting1609
contrariancya1617
antithesis1631
contrast1731
contrastiveness1949
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > disappointment > [noun] > opposition of plans, frustrating
fruster1488
frustrationa1575
discomfita1616
frustrating1640
thwarting1825
discomfiture1828
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [noun] > thwarting or being thwarted
confoundinga1450
frustrationa1575
prevention1582
frustrating1640
baffling1689
thwarting1825
discomfiting1826
bafflement1841
derailment1896
snookering1935
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. lii. 200 Þe arguynge, ne þe thuartinge is no thing worth ayens us, ne ayens deth neither.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxviii. 107 A number of lettes, and thwartings which art did prescribe.
1609 J. Dowland tr. A. Ornithoparchus Micrologus 79 A Discord..is the hard and rough thwarting of two sounds not mingled with themselues.
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 53 Great thwartings and misfortunes..by the means of women.
1825 W. Scott Jrnl. 23 Dec. (1939) 55 These thwartings are what men in public life do not like to endure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
thwartingadj.
/ˈθwɔːtɪŋ/ That thwarts, in various senses.
1. Lying or passing crosswise; crossing, traversing, transverse; of the eyes: crossed, squinting. Obsolete or archaic.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adjective]
overthwart1228
thwart-overa1387
transversaryc1400
thwart1404
thwartingc1430
transversalc1440
transversantc1440
traversea1450
thorter1488
cross1523
overthwarting1552
traversed1561
traversing1561
transverse1621
overcrossa1661
transverseda1711
crossway1865
crosswise1903
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of eye > disordered vision > [adjective] > squinting or cross-eyed
wall-eyeda1400
thwartingc1430
gleed1482
pink-eyed1519
goggle1540
squint1579
squint-eyed1589
squinted1591
squinting1611
moon-eyed1623
squink-eyed1632
asquint1643
skew-eyed1658
cockeyed1751
yaw-sighted1751
swivel-eyed1758
cross-eyed1791
slew-eyed1807
skellied1821
squinny-eyeda1825
strabismic1855
boss-eyed1860
strabismical1866
hyperphoric1887
strabismal1891
heterophoric1894
squinty1922
squinty1925
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iv. iv. 176 With purblynde eyen and thwartinge may not be hool lookinge.
1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis i. i. 3 I fled thorow the bushes, where the thwarting bowes loosened the knots of my hayre.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. (1906) 278 Slaine and hung up on two standing and a thwarting tree.
1653 R. Saunders Physiognomie i. 48 If it [middle line of the palm] be right, continued, and without thwarting lines.
2. Conflicting, opposing, obstructing; perverse; frustrating, baffling; adverse, untoward.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective]
contrariousc1290
contraryinga1340
contrary1340
adversarya1382
overthwartc1384
contrairc1400
contrariantc1400
adverse1418
repugnantc1443
thwarting1530
pugnant1537
opposite1577
haggard1578
impugnant1579
kim-kam1582
antagonist1591
adversative1595
counter1596
opposing1597
antipathetical1601
thwart1601
aversed1609
aversive1609
adversarious1622
averse1623
antipathousa1625
inimicitious1641
opponent1641
negative1642
gainstanding1674
antithetic1753
opposed1784
oppositional1829
transversive1855
oppositionary1905
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > unfavourable
contrariousc1320
bada1325
contraryinga1340
adversea1393
frowarda1400
contrairc1400
fremd1423
adversant?a1425
sinister1432
perversea1450
undisposed1456
sinistral?a1475
contrary1477
favourless1509
unfriendlya1513
thwarting1530
wayward?1544
contrariant1548
disfavourable1561
cross1565
unindifferent1565
sinistrous1566
haggard1578
unkindly1579
backward1582
awkward1587
improsperous1598
thwart1610
unpropitious1613
averted1619
untoward1621
averse1623
impropitious1638
sinister1726
unfavourable1748
untowardly1756
unfavouring1835
the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > perverse
wharfedc1175
thwart-over?c1225
fromwardc1275
thwarta1325
wilgernc1325
contrariousa1340
froward1340
rebours1340
awaywarda1375
overthwartc1384
protervec1384
waywardc1384
arsewardc1386
wrawc1386
wrawfulc1386
crabbeda1400
ungraitha1400
wraweda1400
awklyc1400
perversec1425
awkc1440
perversiosec1475
crooked1508
wrayward1516
awkward1530
difficilec1533
peevish1539
protervous1547
overthwarting1552
untowardly1561
difficult1589
cross1594
cama1600
frowish1601
awkwardish1613
haggardly1635
pigheadeda1637
cross-grained1647
wry1649
crossfulc1680
thwarting1718
kim-kama1734
wronghead1737
piggish1742
witherly1790
top-thrawn1808
contrary1850
cussed1858
three-cornered1863
thwarteous1890
bloody-minded1935
the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > hindering completely or preventing > [adjective] > thwarting
frustratory1490
frustrative1730
thwarting1878
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 306/2 Brablyng thwartyng or quarellyng, noyseux.
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 327/2 Twhartynge or contraryeng, captieux.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 22 That the people of this blessed Land May not be punisht with my thwarting starres. View more context for this quotation
1658 R. Allestree Pract. Christian Graces; or, Whole Duty of Man iv. §3. 100 To entangle themselves, by taking one oath cross and thwarting to another.
1718 Free-thinker No. 51. 2 A Thwarting, Cavilling Temper only promotes Contention.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 109 The thwarting surge Dashed, boiling, on the labouring bark.
1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 4 The very moment when the thwarting power..visibly intervenes.
Derivatives
ˈthwartingly adv. transversely; perversely; adversely.
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the world > space > relative position > fact or condition of being transverse > [adverb]
overthwartc1300
thwarta1350
thwart-over1398
overthwartly?a1425
traversec1425
thorter1488
thwartly?1541
traversely?1541
traversewise1548
cross1577
thwartingly1579
crosswise1580
thwartwise1589
overthwartwise1594
crossly1598
traverseways1610
athwart1611
crossway1611
transversely1650
overthwartways1656
transverse1660
crossways1665
thwartways1665
transversally1762
criss-cross1843
athwart-wise1868
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adverb] > unfavourably
illc1325
contrariouslyc1380
amissa1425
contrary1497
sinisterly1529
overthwart1556
thwartingly1579
froward1580
adversely1593
crossly1597
unpropitiously1602
cross1603
disfavourably1654
cloudily1792
unfavourably1833
askew1858
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 359/1 Fetch no winde~lesses, nor goe anye by-wayes and as it were thwartingly.
1618 T. Adams Happines of Church ii. 133 The ouer~precise are so thwartingly crosse to the superstitious..that they will scarce doe a good worke, because a Hereticke doth it.
1715 tr. G. Panciroli Hist. Memorable Things Lost II. xiii. 359 These Films..laid one upon another, some in a direct, and others thwartingly and in a transverse Position.
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