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Definition of Thwarting
1. Adjective. Preventing realization or attainment of a desire.
Similar to: Preventative, Preventive
Derivative terms: Frustrate
2. Noun. An act of hindering someone's plans or efforts.
Generic synonyms: Hinderance, Hindrance, Interference
Derivative terms: Foil, Frustrate, Thwart
Definition of Thwarting
1. Verb. (present participle of thwart) ¹
2. Noun. An instance of blocking or obstructing. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Thwarting
1. thwart [v] - See also: thwart
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thwarting
Literary usage of Thwarting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind by Herbert George Wells (1921)
"The Science of thwarting the Common Man, § 2, Finance in the Roman State. § 3.
The Last Years of Republican Polictics. § 4. The Era of the Adventurer ..."
2. The Great War by George Henry Allen, Henry C. Whitehead, French Ensor Chadwick (1919)
"The German offensive along the Dvina: the Dvinsk sector and the failure of the
German attacks; the situation before Riga and thwarting of the German efforts ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"... that will strike Where 'tis prédominant. Wint. Tale, i, 2. And heal the harms
of thwarting thunder blue, Or what the croas, dire-looking ..."
4. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"On the other hand, theological reasoning no less subtle was used in thwarting
the malice of Satan. This idea, too, came from far. ..."
5. A History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1897)
"On the other hand, theological reasoning no less subtle was used in thwarting
the malice of Satan. ..."
6. A history of the warfare of science with theology in Christendom by Andrew Dickson White (1896)
"On the other hand, theological reasoning no less subtle was used in thwarting
the malice of Satan. This idea, too, came from far. ..."
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