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thwarts definition and meaning

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.

Crossword clues for thwarts

- Foil
- Foil (plans)
- Frustrate
- Successfully frustrate
- To hinder or block
- Turn aside
- Foils with half straw taken back
- Frustrates


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