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thwarted |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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.] Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton. 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to to contravene; hence to frustrate or defeat. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me --Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other --South. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: thwarted adj : disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {defeated}, {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled}, {frustrated}]
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