thwarting
Meaning of thwarting
- prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
he never did anything to thwart his father
he was thwarted in his desire to punish Uncle Fred
Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert ‘perverse, obstinate, adverse’, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr ‘transverse’, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin torquere ‘to twist’.
Information about thwarting
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of thwarting is: thwartings.
- Languages in which thwarting is used:
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Hyphenation of thwarting
thwart-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- thwarting is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
thwarting synonyms
Meaning frustrating:
Meaning frustration:
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