thwartee

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noun

Someone whose plans are thwarted or frustrated.

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Meanings

nounthwartee (plural thwartees)

plural thwartees

  1. Someone whose plans are thwarted or frustrated.

    Hicks is both thwarter and thwartee of Daedalean plots. Aboard a train, the rhythm of the wheels sounds to him like "wottachump, wottachump, wottachump."

    2025 October 2, Dwight Garner, “Book Review: 'Shadow Ticket,' by Thomas Pynchon”, in The New York Times Book Review, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Oct 2025

Origin

From thwart + -ee.

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APA

thwartee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/thwartee

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Chicago

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