Synonyms for thwarted
thwart·ed

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1. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwartedadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, defeated

   Antonyms:
   successful

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1. List of paraphrases for "thwarted":

   foiled, aborted, frustrated, aborting, stymied, upset, counteracted, hampered

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How to use thwarted in a sentence?

1. Richard Brinsley Sheridan:

   Take care; you know I am compliance itself, when I am not thwarted! No one more easily led, when I have my own way; but don't put me in a frenzy.

2. Judicial Watch:

   Andrew Weisman, a key prosecutor on Robert Mueller’s team, praised Obama DOJ holdover Sally Yates after she lawlessly thwarted President Trump, how much more evidence do we need that the Mueller operation has been irredeemably compromised by anti-Trump partisans?

3. Juvenal:

   It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.

4. Kim Quintero:

   Violent pro-abortion protestors' attempts of an insurrection at the Arizona State Senate were thwarted Friday night, thanks to the swift actions from local and state law enforcement.

5. The German media reports:

   Police investigations at this stage indicate that we have thwarted an Islamist attack.