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

Gilligan’s Island, American television sitcom about a group of castaways on a desert island and the chaos that ensues as their attempts at rescue are constantly thwarted. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 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

For 40 years, Big Gas and Oil have thwarted efforts to transform our energy system from fossil fuels to renewable energy. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Meanwhile, Larys' plan to smuggle Aegon across the Narrow Sea and stash him away in Braavos is thwarted at every turn. — Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 Aug. 2026

In 2015, the Northwestern football team’s attempt to unionize was thwarted when the NLRB unanimously declined to hear the case. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 2 Aug. 2026

Maxxing involves individuals ignoring the potentially harmful consequences of their actions in pursuit of unrealistic and often thwarted ideals of self-improvement. — Brennan Barnard, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

That punchline is thwarted on this reissue, which, like all subsequent pressings of 12 Golden Country Greats since ’96, stops cold after Freeman's introduction. — Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Pitchfork, 1 Aug. 2026

Though the Old Man’s escape from Norway to Mexico had thwarted Moscow’s efforts in late 1936 to extradite him back to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), the GPU’s clandestine operations in Mexico were already underway. — Literary Hub, 28 July 2026