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thwarted
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective thwarted has 1 sense
- thwarted(s = adj.all) defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated - disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
THESAURUS
thwarted
baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated, ill done-by, ill-served, let down, out of countenance, regretful, sorely disappointed, soured
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