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thwartsome

thwartsome adjective: characterised or marked by thwarting; contrary; adversative.

Adjective

thwartsome (comparative more thwartsome, superlative most thwartsome)

  1. (archaic, dialectal, rare) Characterised or marked by thwarting; contrary; adversative

Forms of thwartsome

comparativemore thwartsome
superlativemost thwartsome

Origin of thwartsome

From thwart + -some.

Questions about thwartsome

What does thwartsome mean?
Thwartsome means characterised or marked by thwarting; contrary; adversative.
What part of speech is thwartsome?
Thwartsome is an adjective.

Words near thwartsome in the dictionary

  1. thwartly
  2. thwartness
  3. thwarts
  4. thwartship
  5. thwartships
  6. thwartsome
  7. thwartways
  8. thwartwise
  9. thwarty
  10. Thweatt
  11. Thweatts

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