Thesaurus: thwart

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1. a. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
2. a. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
3. a. Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
4. prep. Across; athwart.
5. n. A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
6. v. t. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
7. v. t. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
8. v. i. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
9. v. i. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
10. n. a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
11. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of