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Word: Thwart
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
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’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
θwɔːt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
prevent (someone) from accomplishing something
Short Definition:prevent someone from accomplishing something
Examples:- he never did anything to thwart his father
- he was thwarted in his desire to punish Uncle Fred
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