What is another word for thwarting?
265 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ θwˈɔːtɪŋ], [ θwˈɔːtɪŋ], [ θ_w_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_ŋ]Table of Contents
Similar words for thwarting:- defensive (adjective)
- hindering (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- foiling (noun)
- frustrating (noun)
- frustration (noun)
- frustrative (noun)
- obviation (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- prevention (noun)
- disappointing (verb)
- hindering (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Thwarting:
adj.
•defensive (adjective) •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) •frustrating (noun) •frustration (noun) •frustrative (noun) •obviation (noun) •Other relevant words: (noun) •prevention (noun)v.
•disappointing (verb) •hindering (verb)Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words (noun):- circumvention,
- outwitting,
- anticipation,
- conquest,
- stupefying,
- antagonism,
- Precluding,
- intersecting,
- injunction,
- abortion,
- foil,
- Coddling,
- extend,
- forethought,
- voiding,
- Bedeviling,
- foreclose,
- disappointment,
- banning,
- conflict,
- Evading,
- taboo,
- Muffing,
- confounding,
- forestall,
- impedance,
- Dunning,
- covering,
- Retarding,
- controlling,
- embarrassing,
- crossbreeding,
- halt,
- forbidding,
- prepossession,
- Discomfiting,
- destruction,
- getting around,
- letdown,
- crossing,
- block,
- contravention,
- Endangering,
- perplexing,
- Graveling,
- Defeating,
- featherbedding,
- delay,
- aborting,
- forestalling,
- balk,
- obstruct,
- vitiation,
- intersect,
- preclude,
- Spanning,
- offsetting,
- restraint,
- nullification,
- fending off,
- indulging,
- enjoining,
- forbid,
- control,
- halting,
- Prohibiting,
- regulating,
- balking,
- mystifying,
- proscription,
- Bilking,
- warding off,
- prevention,
- interception,
- preventive,
- mollycoddling,
- fumbling,
- arrest,
- mitigation,
- staving off,
- slip,
- hybridizing,
- interfering,
- tormenting,
- bar,
- thwarter,
- curb,
- Babying,
- eluding,
- raging,
- Crucifying,
- scuppering,
- bumbling,
- retardation,
- cosseting,
- outguessing,
- forbiddance,
- ban,
- checkmate,
- Contravening,
- baulking,
- thwart,
- vexation,
- Vitiating,
- Nonplussing,
- Contradicting,
- Counteracting,
- opposition,
- disagreement,
- puzzling,
- Botching,
- Intercepting,
- baulk,
- hybridize,
- amazing,
- not parallel,
- setback,
- discomfiture,
- neutralization,
- bungling,
- arresting,
- Avoiding,
- bafflement,
- outmaneuvering,
- prevent,
- Interchanged,
- Mitigating,
- prejudice,
- failure,
- prohibition,
- upset,
- runaround,
- Exposing,
- Tabooing,
- dumbfounding,
- fluffing,
- debarment,
- slowing,
- mishandling,
- Interdicting,
- counterbalancing,
- elusion,
- debacle,
- Traversing,
- disconcertion,
- corrupting,
- Proscribing,
- tracking,
- buck-passing,
- pampering,
- Scotching,
- Bedevilling,
- inhibition,
- bewildering,
- precaution,
- annulment,
- sabotaging,
- evasion,
- counteraction,
- ruining,
- Preventing,
- undoing,
- bobbling,
- preventative,
- Circumventing,
- deflowering,
- queering,
- invalidation,
- interdiction,
- avoidance,
- blockage,
- check,
- obstruction,
- cancellation,
- Debarring,
- Marring,
- rebuff.
Paraphrases for Thwarting:
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
foiling.
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Independent
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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.
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Counteracting, aborting, blocking.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Antonyms for Thwarting:
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p. pr. & vb. n.
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Other antonyms:
permissive.
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