Thwart

Definition:

• (a.) Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
• (a.) Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
• (a.) Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
• (prep.) Across; athwart.
• (n.) A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
• (v. t.) To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
• (v. t.) To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
• (v. i.) To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
• (v. i.) Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.

Compare thwart with other words:

stifle vs. thwart

assist vs. thwart

stringer vs. thwart

disturb vs. thwart

obstruct vs. thwart

retard vs. thwart

abate vs. thwart

defy vs. thwart

scupper vs. thwart

preclude vs. thwart

balk vs. thwart

sneap vs. thwart

discomfit vs. thwart

thwart vs. transom

oblique vs. thwart

thwart vs. transverse

beam vs. thwart

rail vs. thwart

keel vs. thwart

thwart vs. thwarter

athwart vs. thwart

impede vs. thwart

spoil vs. thwart

frustrate vs. thwart

fail vs. thwart

halt vs. thwart

prevent vs. thwart

stop vs. thwart

hinder vs. thwart

intercept vs. thwart

confound vs. thwart

foil vs. thwart

scuttle vs. thwart

spite vs. thwart

scotch vs. thwart

block vs. thwart