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. Peter Beuth:

   We suspect that there was a Salafist background, police investigations at this stage indicate that we have thwarted an Islamist attack.

2. Ben Glassman:

   Companies should see that Chinese officials are seeking to acquire their intellectual property, not only through hacking, but also through the recruitment of insiders, companies should also see that working together with federal law enforcement authorities, as in this case, those attempted thefts can be thwarted and foreign actors can be brought to trial for their actions.

3. Xia Boyu:

   It's been a dream of mine for almost 40 years, in the past, it was thwarted by the weather, such as earthquakes and avalanches.

4. 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.

5. 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?