All 3 Uses of
thwart
in
Gone with the Wind
- Because she hated herself, she hated them all with the fury of the thwarted and humiliated love of sixteen.†
Chpt 1.6 *
- But now she knew her feelings of that long-past night were those of a spoiled child thwarted of a toy.†
Chpt 2.15
- Scarlett raged at both Frank and Mammy, then was reduced to begging and finally cried all one morning like a furious thwarted child.†
Chpt 4.42
Definitions:
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(1)
(thwart as in: thwarted her plans) to prevent someone from doing what they want to do; or (less commonly) to oppose someone's efforts
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, thwart can reference a seat of a rowboat.