Definition for Thwarting:

• Act of frustrating.

Synonyms for Thwarting:

• adj.

  •defensive (adjective)
  • preservative,
  • in opposition,
  • Interrupting,
  • coping with,
  • safeguarding,
  • guarding.
  •hindering (adjective)
  • Damming,
  • burdensome,
  • baffling,
  • Fouling,
  • impeding,
  • Detaining,
  • Entangling,
  • Entrapping,
  • Deterring,
  • constipating,
  • Encumbering,
  • Handicapping,
  • inhibiting,
  • Delaying,
  • Restraining,
  • Resisting,
  • hindering,
  • Crimping,
  • constraining,
  • choking,
  • restricting,
  • Complicating,
  • crippling,
  • Clogging,
  • bottleneck,
  • Tangling,
  • blocking,
  • Snarling,
  • Snagging,
  • Cramping,
  • Obstructing,
  • congesting.

• n.

  •foiling (noun)
  • foiling.
  •frustrating (noun)
  • frustrating.
  •frustration (noun)
  • frustration.
  •frustrative (noun)
  • frustrative.
  •preventative (noun)
  • preventative.
  •prevention (noun)
  • de terence,
  • forestallings,
  • de terences,
  • deterences,
  • de-terence,
  • de-terences.
  •preventive (noun)
  • preventive.
  •stop (noun)
  • prevention.

• v.

  •disappointing (verb)
  • dashing,
  • disillusioning,
  • disappointing,
  • disheartening,
  • disconcerting,
  • discouraging.
  •hindering (verb)
  • Burdening,
  • stopping,
  • catching,
  • countering,
  • Plugging,
  • Hamstringing,
  • curbing,
  • barring,
  • fettering,
  • Hampering,
  • dragging,
  • jamming,
  • Paralyzing,
  • Impairing,
  • Checking,
  • bottlenecking,
  • opposing,
  • Miring,
  • braking,
  • Staying,
  • Bunging.

• Other synonyms:

  •adj.
  • defensive.
  •n.
  • contradiction,
  • defeat,
  • hindrance,
  • inhibitor,
  • interference,
  • obviation,
  • preclusion,
  • state,
  • Hinderance,
  • inhibitors,
  • deterence.

Paraphrases for Thwarting:

• Reverse Entailment

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    foiling.

• Independent

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    averting, frustrating, forestalling, Eradicating, Overthrowing, Apprehending, Restraining, stopping, discouraging, Curtailing, Deterring, Hampering, Obstructing, Preventing, Disrupting, halting, hindering, constraining, Suppressing, impeding, Derailing, Prohibiting, prevention, countering, Destroying, Jeopardizing, curbing, Harming, inhibiting, undermining, Impairing, Precluding, arresting, Depriving, interfering, dampening, demolishing, tackling, Defeating, Reversing, Stemming, forbidding, Combating, combatting, fighting, eroding, blockading, barring, dashing, ruining, Denying, banning, opposing, wrecking, Battling, Prejudicing, lock, locking, bust, Quitting, making.

• Other Related

  • Verb, gerund or present participle
    Counteracting, aborting, blocking.

Antonyms for Thwarting:

• p. pr. & vb. n.

  • Other antonyms:
    permissive.

Thwarting Sentence Examples:

• For more than five years now you've been thwarting life, rendering barren all the vast time, the appalling agony, the ceaseless struggle, it has cost Nature to produce you - with your chance to pass on the flame of life.

• In the absence of any definite spite, she thought she could not go wrong in thwarting whatever Lucy wished, and her wish had been that David should go.