thwarted

«thwarted» in Mova's school dictionary: to stop them from getting what they want or from carrying… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (thwart, thwarts, thwarted, thwarting)

meaning for a pupil

1) To thwart someone is to stop them from getting what they want or from carrying out their plan. tree →

2) (formal) Thwarted describes a wish or plan that has been stopped. tree →

sense 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 →
• Kokai was so angry at being thwarted that he raised a revolt. tree →
• Her thwarted desire turned into hate. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «thwarted» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.