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Meaning of Thwarting | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An instance of blocking or obstructing.

Equivalents

العربية الإحباط
Ελληνικά ματαίωση
Svenska kullkastning

Examples

“[…] the complicated probabilities of an arduous purpose, with all the possible thwartings and furtherings of circumstance, all the niceties of inward balance, by which a man swims and makes his point or else is carried headlong.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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