He's always thwarting my plans for world domination.
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Thwarting
Synonyms for "thwarting" (71 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (21)
counterbalancingdefeatdiscomfituredisconcertionelusionevasionfoilfoilingfrustrationgetting aroundgetting round
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (35)
Noun(18 words)
invalidationneutralizationnullificationoffsettingoutguessingoutmaneuveringoutwittingpassing the buckpreventionrunaroundslipthe runaroundthe slipundoingupsetvitiationvoiding
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12 entriesactconditiondefeatdescriptive adjectivehinderancehindranceimpedeinterferencepreventprocessqualitative adjectivestate
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20 entriesbar entranceblock entryblock progressblockagecounteractivedelayderail plandisappointmentfoil schemefoilinghamper developmentobstruct accessobstructivepreclusionpreemptiveprevention
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Collocations
10 entriesthwarting actionthwarting attemptthwarting attemptsthwarting effortsthwarting measuresthwarting of goalsthwarting of plansthwarting oppositionthwarting planthwarting strategy
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
3 entriessimilar
2 entriesSample sentences
4 total sentences available.
He's always thwarting my nefarious plans.
Source: tatoeba (5282416)
The villain vowed to make Sir Thomas pay for thwarting his ambitions.
Source: tatoeba (10862735)
[…] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.
Source: wiktionary