Athwart
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /əˈθwɔːt/ · Part of speech adverb
Quick meaning: Athwart is an adverb meaning From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
Meaning
From side to side, often in an oblique manner; across or over.
More Meanings
- Across the path of something, so as to impede progress.
- (figuratively) Against the anticipated or appropriate course of something; improperly, perversely, wrongly.
- From one side to the other side of; across.
- Across the course or path of, so as to meet; hence (figuratively), to the attention of.
- Across the course or path of, so as to oppose.
- Across; through.
- Opposed to.
Example Sentences
Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
We placed one log on the ground, and another athwart, forming a crude cross.
[…] Frenzy, fierce-ey'd child of moping pain, / Darts her hot lightning flaſh athvvart the brain.
Just as the first ray of the rising sun shot like a golden arrow athwart this storied desolation we gained the further gateway of the outer wall, […]
Synonyms for athwart
Depending on context, synonyms include overthwart, transversely, awry, crosswise, obliquely, aslant.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include obliquely, aslant, crosswise, hawse, thwartwise, thwart.
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