English

Adjective

thwartful ‎(comparative more thwartful, superlative most thwartful)

1. (rare) Full of opposition or inclined to thwart; contrary; cross
   • 2009, Carlton Thurman, Caddie Esoterica:

     “Poor little shard of a Brogie; and Stu,” searched I in the thwartful modulation, [...]

   • 2011, Jug Suraiya, J S and the Times of My Life:

     And, doing third edits for Lindsay notwithstanding, The Paper was a thwartful place for a would-be writer like myself to work in.

   • 2012, Dan O'Shannon, What Are You Laughing At?:

     In this joke the use of the container is secondary, functioning primarily to create a more thwartable (thwartful?) expectation.

   • 2013, Dennis Ford, Things Don’t Add Up:

     Josh viewed Jerome Benedict as a thwartful man always finding the flaws in other people's research.

   • 2015, P. C. Wren, Collected Works of P. C. Wren:

     And Vereker feels thwartful. . . . It's due to his having a boil—and no cushion with him. . . .

Related terms

• thwartsome
• thwarty