prep across; athwart.
2. thwart ·adj fig.: perverse; crossgrained.
3. thwart ·adj thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
4. thwart ·vi to move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
5. thwart ·vi hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
6. thwart ·adj situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
7. thwart ·noun a seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
8. thwart ·vt to move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow thwarts the air.
9. thwart ·vt to cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.