Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to thwarten
Participle: thwartened
Gerund: thwartening
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | thwarten |
| you | thwarten |
| he;she;it | thwartens |
| we | thwarten |
| you | thwarten |
| they | thwarten |
Perfect
| I | have thwartened |
| you | have thwartened |
| he;she;it | has thwartened |
| we | have thwartened |
| you | have thwartened |
| they | have thwartened |
Past
| I | thwartened |
| you | thwartened |
| he;she;it | thwartened |
| we | thwartened |
| you | thwartened |
| they | thwartened |
Pluperfect
| I | had thwartened |
| you | had thwartened |
| he;she;it | had thwartened |
| we | had thwartened |
| you | had thwartened |
| they | had thwartened |
Future
| I | will thwarten |
| you | will thwarten |
| he;she;it | will thwarten |
| we | will thwarten |
| you | will thwarten |
| they | will thwarten |
Future Perfect
| I | will have thwartened |
| you | will have thwartened |
| he;she;it | will have thwartened |
| we | will have thwartened |
| you | will have thwartened |
| they | will have thwartened |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | thwarten |
| you | thwarten |
| he;she;it | thwarten |
| we | thwarten |
| you | thwarten |
| they | thwarten |
Perfect
| I | have thwartened |
| you | have thwartened |
| he;she;it | have thwartened |
| we | have thwartened |
| you | have thwartened |
| they | have thwartened |
Imperfect
| I | thwartened |
| you | thwartened |
| he;she;it | thwartened |
| we | thwartened |
| you | thwartened |
| they | thwartened |
Pluperfect
| I | had thwartened |
| you | had thwartened |
| he;she;it | had thwartened |
| we | had thwartened |
| you | had thwartened |
| they | had thwartened |
Conditional
Present
| I | would thwarten |
| you | would thwarten |
| he;she;it | would thwarten |
| we | would thwarten |
| you | would thwarten |
| they | would thwarten |
Perfect
| I | would have thwartened |
| you | would have thwartened |
| he;she;it | would have thwartened |
| we | would have thwartened |
| you | would have thwartened |
| they | would have thwartened |
Imperative
| you | thwarten |
| we | Let's thwarten |
| you | thwarten |
Verbs conjugated like 'thwarten'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'thwarten'
harten,
hearten,
swarten,
tarten,
thwart,
charter,
chasten,
enhearten,
harden,
harken,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, umbeset, undermine
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English thwertenen, equivalent to thwart + -en.
Sample Sentences
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It is e.g. frivolous — and in the longer run thwartens the wishes of the tax stabilizers — if accidental declines in expenditures are without much justification used for new (and more or less permanent) tasks. [1967, International Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Study of Fiscal Policy and Related Problems:]
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Small scale magnetic turbulence may quench the instability; the galactic differential rotation also tends to thwarten the growth of the longest modes. [1981, T. D. Guyenne, G. Lévy, Plasma astrophysics:]
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[…] (2) that the expansion of agricultural production for export purposes did not thwarten food production, and (3) that rural poverty had been reduced and the quality of life had been improved. [1988, Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture:]