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# thwarted

verb (thwart, thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)

«thwarted» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To thwart someone is to stop them from getting what they want or from carrying out their plan. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/#m1)
2. (formal) Thwarted describes a wish or plan that has been stopped. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories a king, villain or hero is stopped from getting his way, so the anger and trouble that follow begin

### Examples

- The King was terribly angry at being thwarted like this. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/#x1)
- Kokai was so angry at being thwarted that he raised a revolt. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/#x2)
- Her thwarted desire turned into hate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «thwarted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/thwarted/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«thwarted» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/thwarted.html) on Mova free.