thwarted

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thwarted

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of thwart

adjective more thwarted · most thwarted

Frustrated, obstructed or prevented. He knows I should only laugh at his desertion; and he would not like to be the one who was left, which he knows I should do for the first thwarted whim.

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Closest in meaning: frustrated, disappointed, defeated, unsuccessful, foiled, discomfited, frustrate, frustration, disappoint, bungled, disrupted, upset, annoyed, impaired, vexed, averted

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@misc{thwarted_2026,
  title = {thwarted},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thwarted},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}