Thwarter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈθwɔː(ɹ).tə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Thwarter is a noun meaning A person or thing that thwarts.
Meaning
A person or thing that thwarts.
More Meanings
- (obsolete) A disease in sheep, characterised by trembling, or convulsion.
Example Sentences
In this Satan continues his Old Testament role of thwarter and obstructor, as he does later against Paul (1 Thess. 2.18)
Similarly, Ripley, as the thwarter of the wishes of the godlike Company, proclaims herself as the adversary of this narrative.
Hicks is both thwarter and thwartee of Daedalean plots. Aboard a train, the rhythm of the wheels sounds to him like "wottachump, wottachump, wottachump."
As an orthodox clergyman Malthus was therefore hard put to it to account for our being launched into existence with a sex thirst that is a snare and a thwarter of human happiness.
Word Forms
- thwarters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include checker, throttler, hinderer, blocker, stinter, blockader.
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