Thwarts

Synonyms for "thwarts" (282 found)

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athwart foil across across the grain annul arrest athwartships avert baffle balk beat bench bendwise bias biased biaswise bilk blast block brace

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brave bring to nothing buffer cancel cancel out cast down catercorner catercornered cattycorner challenge check checkmate circumvent come to nothing confound confront conquer contrariwise

Verb(10 words)

baffle cross foil frustrate spoil balk behedge bilk blunt confound

Adjective(9 words)

adamant adamantine ardent bent on bloody-minded bullheaded certain chronic confirmed

Strong matches (84)

Related words (141)

Adjective(55 words)

infortunate insistent intractable intransigent intrepid inveterate irrefragable luckless misadventurous mischanceful misfortuned mulish obdurate obstinate obstreperous peak peevish peremptory persistent pertinacious

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Verb(31 words)

inhibit interfere intervene lessen let limit mar mock obstruct overslaugh preclude prevene prevent prohibit queer reduce restrict retard scotch scuttle

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slow down stay stick stymie take the wind out of someone's sails thwarten traverse umbeset undermine weaken worsen

invalidate kittycorner knock the chocks let down negate negativate negative neutralize nip nonplus nullify oblique obliquely obstruct offset oppose overthwart perplex quarrel queer

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Noun(3 words)

thaught thawt thoft

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Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The very pursuit of happiness thwarts happiness.

Source: tatoeba (2151533)

Having too many desires pretty much thwarts you, but sometimes they’re the only things that keep you going, don’t you think?

Source: tatoeba (10081562)

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