thwartful

comparative more thwartful · superlative most thwartful

1. rareFull of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross

   “Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]

   2009, Carlton Thurman, Caddie Esoterica

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   And, doing third edits for Lindsay notwithstanding, The Paper was a thwartful place for a would-be writer like myself to work in.

   2011, Jug Suraiya, J S and the Times of My Life

   In this joke the use of the container is secondary, functioning primarily to create a more thwartable (thwartful?) expectation.

   2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?

   Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.

   2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don’t Add Up

   And Vereker feels thwartful. . . . It's due to his having a boil—and no cushion with him. . . .

   2015, P. C. Wren, Collected Works of P. C. Wren

   Synonyms: hindersome