Through the open door shone the hearth fire, sending out its warm red glow athwart the chilly autumn night.
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Athwart
/əˈθwɔːt/
Synonyms for "athwart" (81 found)
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at issueat oddsat varianceat warat war withathwartshipsbendwisebeyondbiasbiasedbiaswisecatercornercatercorneredcattycornerconcontracontrariwisecontrawisecountercounter to
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Adverb(1 words)
contrary to
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cross-grainedcrosswaycrosswayscrosswisedead againstdiagonaleyeball to eyeballeyeball-to-eyeballin conflict within confrontationin hostile arrayin oppositionin opposition tokittycornerobliqueobliquelyopposed tooveroverthwartsideways
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sidewiseslantthwartthwartlythwartwaystransversaltransversetransverselytraverseup in armsversusvis-a-viswith crossed bayonets
Adverb(7 words)
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11 entriesathwart axisathwart beamathwart doorwayathwart historyathwart riverathwart roadathwart shipsathwart the beamathwart the corridorathwart the pathathwart the river
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39 total sentences available.
"Athwart the streets stands ready the array / of steel, and bare is every blade and bright. / Scarce the first warders of the gates essay / to stand and battle in the blinding night."
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Scarce spake the sire when lo, to leftward crashed / a peal of thunder, and amid the night / a sky-dropt star athwart the darkness flashed, / trailing its torchfire with a stream of light.
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Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
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