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— English words —

• thwart adj. Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.
• thwart adj. (Figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.
• thwart adj. (Figuratively, dated) Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.
• thwart adv. (Obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.
• thwart prep. (Archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.
• thwart v. (Transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent.
• thwart v. (Transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.
• thwart v. (Transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To hinder or obstruct by placing (something) in the way of;…
• thwart v. (Transitive, intransitive, obsolete) To move (something) across or counter to; to cross.
• thwart n. (Nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
• thwart n. (Nautical) A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine…
• thwart n. (Rare) An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle.

— English word, defined in German —

• thwart V. Etwas (am Entstehen) behindern, entgegenwirken oder unmöglich machen; verhindern, vereiteln.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• thwart w. Dwarsbomen.

— English words, defined in French —

• thwart adv. (Désuet) En travers, transversalement.
• thwart n. Banc.
• thwart prép. (Désuet) À travers.
• thwart v. Contrecarrer, contrarier, déjouer.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• thwart v. Frustrar.
• thwart v. Impedir.
• thwart v. Desbaratar.
• thwart s. Bancada.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• thwart v. Prevenir, impedir, frustrar (um plano), contrariar.
• thwart s. Banco numa pequena embarcação.

78 English words from 12 English definitions

across act adverse also another Archaic athwart beam boat brace breadth cause counter cross crosswise dated direction else fail figuratively frustrate having helps hinder hindrance in␣the␣way in␣the␣way␣of intransitive keel length maintain marine may move Nautical oblique obliquely obsolete obstacle obstinate obstruct of␣a oppose people perpendicular perverse place Placed placing poetic position prevent Rare rower seat sit situated situations something something␣else stubborn tendency that the the␣way thing things thwarting thwarts to␣the Transitive transverse transversely travel unfavourable unlucky way which

3 English words from 12 foreign definitions

Banc Banco travers

27 foreign words from 12 foreign definitions

À␣travers Bancada behindern contrariar contrarier Contrecarrer déjouer Desbaratar Désuet Dwarsbomen embarcação entgegenwirken En␣travers Entstehen Etwas frustrar impedir machen numa oder pequena plano Prevenir transversalement unmöglich vereiteln verhindern

24 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

thwarts thwarty thwarted thwarten thwarter thwartly thwartens thwarters thwartest thwarteth thwartful thwarting thwartable thwartedly thwartedst thwartened thwartings thwartness thwartsome thwartwise thwartening thwartingly thwartships thwartedness

8 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

unthwarted athwartship athwartwise athwartships overthwartly unthwartable overthwartness Bryning-with-Warton

2 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

athwart overthwart

11 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

art Art ART 'art art. war War WAR war- War. wart

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

raw Raw RAW R&AW tra TRA wht

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

athwart thwarts thwarty

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Hartt hATTR th'art thawt warth Warth wrath

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

tewart

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

th'art

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