Synonyms of thwarted

thwarted

verb

past tense of thwart

as in frustrated

to prevent from achieving a goal

a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant

Synonyms & Similar Words

• frustrated
• hampered
• baffled
• foiled
• defeated
• stopped
• prevented
• hindered
• balked
• impeded
• halted
• overcame
• blocked
• beat
• obstructed
• checkmated
• discomfited
• stalled
• arrested
• handicapped
• inhibited
• precluded
• tied up
• checked
• forestalled
• hobbled
• interfered (with)
• barred
• encumbered
• averted
• clogged
• nullified
• shackled
• held back
• obviated
• conquered
• set back
• neutralized
• counteracted
• negated
• offset
• short-circuited
• fettered
• trammeled
• manacled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• encouraged
• promoted
• advanced
• forwarded
• cultivated
• fostered
• assisted
• aided
• furthered
• nurtured
• facilitated
• abetted
• eased
• smoothed

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of thwarted

The plan was thwarted by heavy rain that delayed the meeting. — USA Today, 18 Aug. 2026

But he was again thwarted, this time by bad weather—probably a hurricane by modern standards—which drove the ships away. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 14 Aug. 2026

Most states also refused the Justice Department’s demands to turn over their unredacted voter rolls, including partial Social Security numbers, which thwarted the agency’s plan to run them through SAVE. — Peter Elkind, ProPublica, 14 Aug. 2026

Later, a woman protractedly licks blue ice cream from a cone, her attempts thwarted by ferocious gusts of wind and sand. — Matilda Hague, Variety, 13 Aug. 2026

Any chance for a post-trade-deadline revenge night was thwarted when the Mercury ruled Kelsey Plum out ahead of Tuesday’s affair with a lower left leg injury. — Kai Dizon, Daily News, 12 Aug. 2026

Aluminum oxide is known for its ability to trigger ozone depletion, a hazardous process that was successfully thwarted by the Montreal Protocol of 1987. — Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Aug. 2026

But an agent may be harmed when its interests are thwarted, its autonomy denied or its existence ended without any pain or misery. — Andréa Morris, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026

Recyclers have been thwarted by PVC’s chemical architecture, specifically its heavy chlorine content and dense cocktail of additives, which make melting and mechanical reprocessing almost impossible. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 5 Aug. 2026