thwart

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat;
used as a seat in a rowboat (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
cross thwart
• Hypernyms:
crosspiece
• Part Holonyms:
dinghy, dory, rowboat

II - verb

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (Freq. 5)
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
• Syn:
queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross,
frustrate, baffle, bilk
• See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
• Derivationally related forms:
frustrative (for: frustrate), frustration (for: frustrate), cross (for: cross), foiling (for: foil), thwarter, thwarting
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  cross thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk