thwart «thwrt», verb, noun, adjective, adverb.
–v.t.
1. to oppose and defeat; keep from doing something: »
The boy's lack of money thwarted his plans for college.
SYNONYM(S): baffle, balk, foil. See syn. under frustrate. (Cf. ↑frustrate)╂[< adverb]
–n.
1. a seat across a boat, on which a rower sits.
2. a brace between the gunwales of a canoe.
╂[< adjective or adverb]
–adj.
1. lying or passing across.
╂[< adverb]
–adv.
╂[Middle English thwert < Scandinavian (compare Old Icelandic thvert across, neuter of thverr transverse)]
–thwart´er, noun.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.