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thwartees

thwartees is the plural of thwartee.

Meaning of thwartee

Noun

thwartee (plural thwartees)

  1. Someone whose plans are thwarted or frustrated.
    • Hicks is both thwarter and thwartee of Daedalean plots. Aboard a train, the rhythm of the wheels sounds to him like "wottachump, wottachump, wottachump."2025 October 2, Dwight Garner, “Book Review: 'Shadow Ticket,' by Thomas Pynchon”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the...

Questions about thwartees

What is thwartees the plural of?
Thwartees is the plural of thwartee.

Words near thwartees in the dictionary

  1. thwarted
  2. thwartedly
  3. thwartedness
  4. thwartedst
  5. thwartee
  6. thwartees
  7. thwarten
  8. thwartened
  9. thwartening
  10. thwartens
  11. thwarter

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