'Thwarted' definitions:
Definition of 'thwarted'
(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]
Definition of 'Thwarted'
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]
Synonyms of 'thwarted'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baffled,
- balked,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- chapfallen,
- crestfallen,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- disappointed,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- dissatisfied,
- foiled,
- frustrated,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- let down,
- out of countenance,
- regretful,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured