What does thwartful mean?
Thwartful means (rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross.
“Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]
And, doing third edits for Lindsay notwithstanding, The Paper was a thwartful place for a would-be writer like myself to work in.
In this joke the use of the container is secondary, functioning primarily to create a more thwartable (thwartful?) expectation.
Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.
And Vereker feels thwartful. . . . It's due to his having a boil—and no cushion with him. . . .
Use thwartful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Thwartful means (rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross.
Common synonyms include hindersome.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
“Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]
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