DISCOURAGE vs THWART: NOUN
- Lack of courage; cowardliness.
- Want of courage, cowardice.
- A crosspiece spreading the gunnels of a boat; used as a seat in a rowboat
- See the extract.
- A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
- Opposition; defiance.
- A seat across a boat on which the oarsman sits.
- A seat in an open boat reaching from one side to the other, or athwart the boat.
- A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (breadth) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Fig.: Perverse; crossgrained.
- Situated or placed across something else; transverse; oblique.
- Eager to oppose, especially wrongly; perverse.
- Extending, lying, or passing across; transverse.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: VERB
- To take away or reduce the courage of.
- To persuade somebody not to do something.
- Deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged
- Try to prevent; show opposition to
- Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior
- To prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate.
- Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- N/A
- To move or go in an oblique or crosswise manner.
- Hence, to be in opposition; to clash.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit.
- To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something.
- To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections.
- To extinguish the courage of; to dishearten; to depress the spirits of; to deprive of confidence; to deject; -- the opposite of encourage
- To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from.
- To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
- To move across or counter to; to cross.
- To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
- To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: ADVERB
- N/A
- Thwartly; obliquely; transversely; athwart.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: PREPOSITION
- N/A
- See Athwart ships, under Athwart.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: OTHER WORD TYPES
- Cause to feel discouraged
- Take away hope from
- Deprive of courage or hope
- Show opposition to
- To deprive of, or cause to lose, courage; dishearten; depress in spirit; deject; dispirit.
- To lessen or repress courage for; obstruct by opposition or difficulty; dissuade or hinder from: as, to discourage emigration; ill success discourages effort; low prices discourage industry.
- To lose courage.
- Try to prevent
- Lying or extending across or crosswise; cross; transverse.
- Antithetical.
- Perverse; contrary; cross-grained.
- To pass over or across; cross.
- To put crosswise, or one across another.
- To put in the way; oppose.
- To cross, as a purpose; contravene; frustrate; baffle.
- Synonyms Foil, Baffle, etc. See frustrate.
- To be in opposition; be contrary or perverse; hence, to quarrel; contend.
- From side to side; across; crosswise; transversely; athwart.
- Used as a seat in a rowboat
- Opposite to; over against.
- To go crosswise or obliquely.
- Across; athwart.
- (adverb; preposition) Athwart; across.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: RELATED WORDS
- Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter
- Stifle, Prevent, Forestall, Derail, Scuttle, Stymie, Queer, Cross thwart, Scotch, Cross, Bilk, Baffle, Spoil, Foil, Frustrate
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Curb, Inhibit, Impede, Avoid, Curtail, Restrict, Hinder, Preclude, Encourage, Deterring, Prevent, Dissuade, Admonish, Warn, Deter
- Disrupt, Stifle, Prevent, Forestall, Derail, Scuttle, Stymie, Queer, Scotch, Cross, Bilk, Baffle, Spoil, Foil, Frustrate
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Discourage districts from tying compensation to advanced degrees.
- Do you want to discourage customers from defecting?
- Formula contains a bitterant to discourage inhalant abuse.
- High costs might discourage entry into the market.
- We discourage growth, investment, and quality of life.
- IJARP strongly condemn and discourage practice of plagiarism.
- Vehicle sanctions thus certainly discourage repeated DWS offending.
- Martinus did not completely discourage people from meditating.
- Will value pricing discourage ridesharing and transit use?
- The lack of standardization can discourage business from good behavior and it can also discourage consumers, investors, and governments from rewarding good behavior.
- Can such a simple step thwart Russian hackers?
- Together, they thwart Satan and reclaim the body.
- Could Be Deployed to Thwart Cyber Attacks, SCI.
- Athens organizes to thwart any new Persian attack.
- Captain Janeway was able to thwart this attempt.
- Airmen planning strategic maneuvers to thwart adversarial threats.
- Did you think to thwart me so easily.
- Inclusiveness also can help thwart potential cultural mistakes.
- United States to thwart the American war effort.
- Even frivolous appeals could thwart management for years.
DISCOURAGE vs THWART: QUESTIONS
- Do antitrust laws discourage businesses from doing social good?
- Do gender stereotypes discourage girls from playing sports?
- Does the patent system encourage or discourage innovation?
- What are some leadership behaviors that discourage innovation?
- How does an oligopoly encourage or discourage innovation?
- How do established organizations discourage new entrants?
- Did the $600 unemployment supplement discourage work?
- Will post-service depositions discourage government officials?
- What behaviors discourage empowerment in your team?
- Do metatheoretical frameworks discourage critical analysis?
- Are two giant health insurers accused of illegal steps to thwart change?
- Why did Iraq's Oil Ministry thwart 3 prospective deals with China?
- What is the purpose of a thwart on an inflatable boat?
- Can Senate Republicans use the rules to thwart Democratic power grabs?
- Was Homi Jehangir Bhabha assassinated to thwart India's nuclear programme?
- Did Andrej Babis kidnap his son to thwart corruption inquiry?
- What influences consumers to thwart perceived deception among retailers?
- How to thwart pickpockets and sneak thieves in Italy?
- Will wearing a face mask thwart surveillance cameras?
- Did Facebook exploit user data to thwart competitors?