thwack | (noun) a hard blow with a flat object | - |
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(verb) deliver a hard blow to | Synonyms: smack |
thwart | (noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat | Synonyms: cross thwart |
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(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of | Synonyms: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, frustrate, queer, scotch, spoil |
thwarted | (adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful | Synonyms: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated |
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thwarter | (noun) someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take | Synonyms: obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister |
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thwarting | (adjective) preventing realization or attainment of a desire | Synonyms: frustrating, frustrative |
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(noun) an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts | Synonyms: foiling, frustration |
thwartwise | (adjective) extending or lying across; in a crosswise direction; at right angles to the long axis | Synonyms: cross, transversal, transverse |
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