2006-12-18 14:05:37 · 8 answers · asked by nina c 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
thwarted
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thwarted
Simple past tense and past participle of thwart.
2006-12-18 14:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by WelshKiwi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It means to stand in the way of, stop, or impede. Here's an example:
John tried to get Mary interested in him by buying her flowers and sending her notes, but because she was in love with someone else, all John's efforts were thwarted.
2006-12-18 14:16:22 · answer #2 · answered by gldjns 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To defeat the plans of someone or something. Curses, foiled again. Thwarted is synonymous with foiled
2006-12-18 14:08:58 · answer #3 · answered by wild bill 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*Thwart - 1. Seat across a rowing-boat for an oarsman.
2. Obstruct, frustrate :~ plans; be~ed in one's ambitions.
2006-12-18 16:33:23 · answer #4 · answered by blacktulip_raine 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means to prevent something from happening.
2006-12-18 14:09:57 · answer #5 · answered by Troy K 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stopped or prevented
2006-12-18 14:17:40 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means prevented.
2006-12-18 14:13:03 · answer #7 · answered by Clown Knows 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stopped
2006-12-18 14:18:12 · answer #8 · answered by todd s 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋