THWART

(noun) a crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
synonyms : cross thwart
(verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge", "foil your opponent"
synonyms : baffle , bilk , cross , foil , frustrate , queer , scotch , spoil
last summer the children did everything they could to baffle their mother's plans for summer classes for them. -added by diviya_inlas
you had to come along just then to bilk all those well laid plans of ours. -added by diviya_inlas

Mnemonics for thwart

(Tag: ) this word sounds like THROAT....so if someone squeezes your throat your air passages will get blocked...............thus desires will be prevented.. u also feel frustrated and baffled..
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(Tag: ) Thwart or Obstruct is to prevent someone from doing something.
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(Tag: ) thWARt concentrate on WAR[against enemy,against opponents DESIRE]
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(Tag: ) TH(thousand) + WART(massa).. a person having thousand wart will get furtrated.. and this is block or hinder his beauty
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(Tag: ) freedom
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(Tag: ) thwart= 't' for total wart sounds like wat that means to spoil
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