Meaning

3 senses
  1. Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse.

  2. (dated, figuratively)Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.

    неподдающийсяnepoddajuščijsja

  3. (dated, figuratively)Of situations or things: adverse, unfavourable, unlucky.

Examples

31 sentences
  1. Tom tried to thwart their plans.

    ruТом пытался сорвать их планы. — odexed

    deTom versuchte, ihre Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

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  2. I won't let Tom thwart my plans.

    ruЯ не позволю Тому помешать моим планам. — odexed

    deIch lasse Tom nicht meine Pläne durchkreuzen. — raggione

  3. Tom tried to thwart Mary's plans.

    deTom versuchte, Marias Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

  4. Tom tried to thwart her plans.

    ruТом пытался сорвать её планы. — odexed

    deTom versuchte, ihre Pläne zu durchkreuzen. — raggione

  5. He's always thwarting my nefarious plans.

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Translations

2 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
having a tendency to oppose — see also obstinate, perverse:

Origin

From Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert (“obstinate, perverse”), from Old N

From Middle English thwerte, from the adjective thwert (“obstinate, perverse”), from Old Norse þvert, neuter of þverr (“transverse”).

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