English > thwart: 2 senses > verb 1, socialMeaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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Synonyms | queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk |
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Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
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disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
ruin | Destroy or cause to fail |
short-circuit | hamper the progress of |
Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
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Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar |
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Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar |
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Nouns | thwarter | someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
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thwarting | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |