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Princeton's WordNet

  1. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedadjective

    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"

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  1. thwarted

    Thwarted generally means hindered, obstructed or prevented from accomplishing a purpose or a goal. It refers to being frustrated in attempts or plans by an obstacle or external force.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Thwarted

    of Thwart

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thwarted in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Thwarted in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Thwarted in a Sentence

  1. Emily Benfer:

    Any meaningful pandemic mitigation strategy must include robust rent relief and eviction moratoria, or interventions will be thwarted.

  2. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

    Any attempt to harm our soldiers and civilians will be met with a determined response like the military action tonight that thwarted a terror attack.

  3. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

    Take care; you know I am compliance itself, when I am not thwarted! No one more easily led, when I have my own way; but don't put me in a frenzy.

  4. Charles Rwomushana:

    They thwarted his bid for the NRM ticket and thought that would kill his momentum, you will see more tear gas.

  5. Frederick Bastiat:

    It must be admitted that the tendency of the human race toward liberty is largely thwarted, especially in France. This is greatly due to a fatal desire -- learned from the teachings of antiquity -- that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.

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