'Thwart' definitions:
Definition of 'thwart'
(from WordNet)
noun
A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat [syn: thwart, cross thwart]
verb
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, a. [OE. [thorn]wart, [thorn]wert, a. and adv., Icel. [thorn]vert, neut. of [thorn]verr athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. [thorn]weorh perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tv[aum]r cross, unfriendly, Goth. [thorn]wa['i]rhs angry. Cf. Queer.]
- 1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. [1913 Webster]
- Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, adv. [See Thwart, a.] Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, prep. Across; athwart. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, n. (Naut.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.]
- 1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. [1913 Webster]
- If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. --South. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Thwart'
From: GCIDE
- Thwart \Thwart\, v. i.
- 1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles. --Locke. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'thwart'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- across,
- across the grain,
- annul,
- athwart,
- athwartships,
- baffle,
- balk,
- beat,
- bench,
- bendwise,
- bias,
- biased,
- biaswise,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brace,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- catercorner,
- catercornered,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- contrariwise,
- contravene,
- contrawise,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- crisscross,
- cross,
- cross-grained,
- crossing,
- crossway,
- crossways,
- crosswise,
- curb,
- dash,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- diagonal,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- flummox,
- foil,
- foul up,
- frustrate,
- gum up,
- hinder,
- impede,
- invalidate,
- kittycorner,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- oblique,
- obliquely,
- obstruct,
- offset,
- oppose,
- overthwart,
- perplex,
- queer,
- restrain,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- short-circuit,
- sideways,
- sidewise,
- slant,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- style,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwartly,
- thwartways,
- transversal,
- transverse,
- transversely,
- traverse,
- undo,
- upset,
- vitiate,
- void