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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1. Jonathan Saenz:

   This common-sense religious freedom effort is far from over. We will not allow the clear will of the majority of Texans and a bipartisan majority of the Texas Legislature to be thwarted by a few.

2. Frederick Bastiat:

   It must be admitted that the tendency of the human race toward liberty is largely thwarted, especially in France. This is greatly due to a fatal desire -- learned from the teachings of antiquity -- that our writers on public affairs have in common: They desire to set themselves above mankind in order to arrange, organize, and regulate it according to their fancy.

3. The German media reports:

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

4. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu:

   Any attempt to harm our soldiers and civilians will be met with a determined response like the military action tonight that thwarted a terror attack.

5. Charles Rwomushana:

   They thwarted his bid for the NRM ticket and thought that would kill his momentum, you will see more tear gas.