thwarted

thwart  (thwôrt)

tr.v. thwart·ed, thwart·ing, thwarts

1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of: They thwarted her plans.

2. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of.

n. Nautical

A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

adj.

1. Extending, lying, or passing across; transverse.

2. Eager to oppose, especially wrongly; perverse.

adv. & prep. Archaic

Athwart; across.

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[Middle English thwerten, from thwert, across, from Old Norse thvert, neuter of thverr, transverse; see terk^w- in Indo-European roots.]

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thwarter n.

thwartly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

thwarted - disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, defeated unsuccessful - not successful; having failed or having an unfavorable outcome