defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
(adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful; “disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions”; “their foiled attempt to capture Calais”; “many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers”; “his best efforts were thwarted”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thwarted
simple past tense and past participle of thwart
Source: Wiktionary
Thwart, a. Etym: [OE. , , a. and adv., Icel. , neut. of athwart, transverse, across; akin to AS. perverse, transverse, cross, D. dwars, OHG. dwerah, twerh, G. zwerch, quer, Dan. & Sw. tver athwart, transverse, Sw. tvär cross, unfriendly, Goth. angry. Cf. Queer.]
1. Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique. Moved contrary with thwart obliquities. Milton.
2. Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained. [Obs.] Shak.
Thwart, adv. Etym: [See Thwart, a.]
Definition: Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart. [Obs.] Milton.
Thwart, prep.
Definition: Across; athwart. Spenser. Thwart ships. See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
Thwart, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
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.] Swift as a shooting star In autumn thwarts the night. Milton.
2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat. If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. Shak. The proposals of the one never thwarted the inclinations of the other. South.
Thwart, v. i.
1. To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner. [R.]
2. Hence, to be in opposition; to clash. [R.] Any proposition . . . that shall at all thwart with internal oracles. Locke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 March 2025
(adjective) moved or operated or effected by liquid (water or oil); “hydraulic erosion”; “hydraulic brakes”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
