thwarty
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Causing or indicating opposition; adverse; pushy; cross
Example Sentences
- "And in this aim, there is such a thwarty strife, / That one for all, or all for one we gauge ; [...]"
- "He had not interfered in the conversation of the two men and he even did not mean to inquire later what they'd done at the ministry, about Tomoioaga ("I am sure he is that thwarty, very pushing fellow I met at Milan, he seemed surprised they [...] ")"
- "Their thwarty eyes, their hands on mouths, the smell revealed as much."
Etymology
From thwart + -y.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
thwartier (comparative)
more thwarty (comparative)
thwartiest (superlative)
most thwarty (superlative)