thwartful

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English

Etymology

From thwart +‎ -ful.

Adjective

thwartful (comparative more thwartful, superlative most thwartful)

  1. (rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross
    • 2009, Carlton Thurman, Caddie Esoterica:
      “Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]
    • 2011, Jug Suraiya, J S and the Times of My Life:
      And, doing third edits for Lindsay notwithstanding, The Paper was a thwartful place for a would-be writer like myself to work in.
    • 2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?:
      In this joke the use of the container is secondary, functioning primarily to create a more thwartable (thwartful?) expectation.
    • 2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don’t Add Up:
      Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.
    • 2015, P. C. Wren, Collected Works of P. C. Wren:
      And Vereker feels thwartful. . . . It's due to his having a boil—and no cushion with him. . . .

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