plural of thwart

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thwart

Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse. / (figuratively, dated) Of people: having a tendency to oppose; obstinate, perverse, stubborn.

(obsolete) Across the direction of travel or length of; athwart, crosswise, obliquely, transversely.

(archaic or poetic) Across, athwart.

(transitive) To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. / (transitive, obsolete) To place (something) across (another thing); to position crosswise.

(nautical) A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.

simple past tense and past participle of thwart

Frustrated, obstructed or prevented.

present participle of thwart