Meanings
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of thwart
comparative more thwarted · superlative most thwarted
- Frustrated, obstructed or prevented.
There is no blockage in their instinctive life, and when the two men fight the physical closeness is not a substitute for a thwarted sexual life.
1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 1921 more example
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.
1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A Discovery”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 205
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedisappointingly unsuccessful
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Esperanto senigita
- senigitafrustrated, obstructed, prevented
Cite this entry
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