What is another word for thwarting?
Pronunciation:
[ θwˈɔːtɪŋ], [ θwˈɔːtɪŋ], [ θ_w_ˈɔː_t_ɪ_ŋ]
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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.
How to use "Thwarting" in context?
There's something undeniably satisfying about thwarting an opponent's plan, especially when it's in your control. Whether it's outmaneuvering someone in a game of chess or outwitting a digital predator on the internet, thwarting somebody's intentions is a great feeling. In fact, thwarting has even become something of a sporting tradition, as athletes strive to outsmart their opponents on the playing field or on the court.
But why do we enjoy thwarting others so much? Well, there's something about seeing someone's carefully laid plans thwarted that makes us feel like we're in control.
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
arresting, averting, banning, barring, blockading, bust, constraining, dampening, dashing, demolishing, discouraging, eroding, fighting, forbidding, forestalling, frustrating, halting, hindering, impeding, inhibiting, interfering, lock, locking, making, opposing, prevention, ruining, stopping, tackling, wrecking, Apprehending, Battling, Defeating, Denying, Depriving, Derailing, Destroying, Deterring, Disrupting, Eradicating, Hampering, Harming, Impairing, Jeopardizing, Obstructing, Overthrowing, Quitting, Restraining, Reversing, curbing, Combating, Curtailing, Precluding, Prejudicing, Preventing, Prohibiting, Stemming, Suppressing, undermining, countering, combatting.
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Other Related
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Verb, gerund or present participle
blocking, Counteracting, aborting.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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