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
22 December 2024
(noun) (plural) spectacles that are darkened or polarized to protect the eyes from the glare of the sun; “he was wearing a pair of mirrored shades”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
