Overview of noun thwarting

The noun thwarting has 1 sense

• frustration, thwarting, foiling -- (an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts)

Overview of verb thwart

The verb thwart has 1 sense

• thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk -- (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")

Overview of adj thwarting

The adj thwarting has 1 sense

• frustrating, frustrative, thwarting -- (preventing realization or attainment of a desire)