Found 3 items, similar to thwarting.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: thwart menghalangi, menyia-nyiakan
English → English (WordNet) Definition: thwarting thwarting adj : preventing realization or attainment of a desire [syn: frustrating, frustrative] n : an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts [syn: frustration, foiling]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Thwarting Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Thwarted; p. pr. & vb. n. Thwarting.] 1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. [1913 Webster] If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. --South. [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]