thwart
verb /θwɔːt/
/θwɔːrt/
[often passive] (formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they thwart | /θwɔːt/ /θwɔːrt/ |
| he / she / it thwarts | /θwɔːts/ /θwɔːrts/ |
| past simple thwarted | /ˈθwɔːtɪd/ /ˈθwɔːrtɪd/ |
| past participle thwarted | /ˈθwɔːtɪd/ /ˈθwɔːrtɪd/ |
| -ing form thwarting | /ˈθwɔːtɪŋ/ /ˈθwɔːrtɪŋ/ |
- to prevent somebody from doing what they want to do synonym frustrate
- thwart something to thwart somebody’s plans
- His ambition to be a painter was thwarted by poor eyesight.
- be thwarted in something She was thwarted in her attempt to take control of the party.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- easily
- successfully
- constantly
- …
- attempt to
- try to
- in
Word OriginMiddle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’.