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Noun thwarting has 1 sense

• thwarting(n = noun.act) foiling, frustration - an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts; Array
is a kind of hinderance, hindrance, interference
Derived form verb thwart₁

Adjective thwarting has 1 sense

• thwarting(s = adj.all) frustrating, frustrative - preventing realization or attainment of a desire; Array

THESAURUS

thwarting

annulment, bafflement, balk, balking, buck-passing, cancellation, check, checkmate, circumvention, confounding, counterbalancing, defeat, discomfiture, disconcertion, elusion, evasion, foil, foiling, frustration, getting around, getting round, invalidation, neutralization, nullification, offsetting, outguessing, outmaneuvering, outwitting, passing the buck, the runaround, the slip, undoing, upset, vitiation, voiding

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