thwarted

3 definitions found

thwarted - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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.]
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              Swift as a shooting star
              In autumn thwarts the night.          --Milton.
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     2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
        contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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              If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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              The proposals of the one never thwarted the
              inclinations of the other.            --South.
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thwarted - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  thwarted
      adj 1: 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, thwarted]

thwarted - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  25 Moby Thesaurus words for "thwarted":
     baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen,
     crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed,
     dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated,
     ill done-by, ill-served, let down, out of countenance, regretful,
     sorely disappointed, soured