thwartedst

Verb

thwart (third-person singular simple present thwarts, present participle thwarting, simple past and past participle thwarted)

1. (transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
   • Our plans for a picnic were thwarted by the thunderstorm.

   Synonyms:

   balk, foil, spoil, cross, discomfit, disconcert, baffle, scuttle, confound, dash

   Antonyms:

   promote

2. (obsolete, transitive) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
3. (also, figuratively, obsolete, transitive) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of; to block, to impede, to oppose.

   Synonyms:

   behedge, blunt, crimp, foreclose, delay, difficult, diminish, forestay, retroact, interfere

4. (ambitransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
   • An arrow thwarts the air.

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