- foil, thwart, frustrate
- أَفْشَلَ \ foil, thwart, frustrate.
Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
foil, thwart, frustrate
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foil — foil1 [foil] vt. [ME foilen < OFr fuler, to trample on, subdue: see FULL2] 1. to keep from being successful; thwart; frustrate 2. Hunting to make (a scent, trail, etc.) confused, as by recrossing, in order to balk the pursuers n. 1. Archaic… … English World dictionary
thwart — I verb avert, baffle, balk, bar, blight, bring to naught, check, contravene, counteract, countermine, counterwork, cripple, cross, damp, debar, defeat, foil, forestall, frustrate, hamper, hinder, impede, inhibit, intercept, interfere, interrupt,… … Law dictionary
foil — vb thwart, *frustrate, circumvent, balk, baffle, outwit Analogous words: discomfit, Cmbarrass, disconcert, faze, rattle: curb, check, *restrain, inhibit Contrasted words: *advance, further, forward, promote: abet, foment, *incite, instigate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
foil — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. frustrate, battle, balk, circumvent. See hindrance. n. contrast, setoff; leaf, sheet (of metal); sword, épée. See opposition, layer, arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Leaf metal] Syn. aluminum foil,… … English dictionary for students
thwart — 1. verb /θwɔː(r)t/ to prevent; to halt; to cause to fail; to foil; to frustrate The police thwarted the would be assassin … Wiktionary
foil — I verb their escape attempt was foiled Syn: thwart, frustrate, counter, balk, impede, obstruct, hamper, euchre, hinder, snooker, cripple, scotch, derail, scupper, scuttle, smash; stop, block, prevent … Thesaurus of popular words
foil — I verb the escape attempt was foiled Syn: thwart, frustrate, stop, defeat, block, prevent, obstruct, hinder, snooker, scotch; informal put paid to; Brit.; informal scupper Ant: assist II noun … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
frustrate — frus·trate || frÊŒstreɪt /frÊŒ streɪt v. foil, thwart; disappoint; make frustrated; defeat; baffle, confound … English contemporary dictionary
frustrate — frustrate, thwart, foil, baffle, balk, circumvent, outwit mean either to defeat a person attempting or hoping to achieve an end or satisfy a desire or, in some cases, to defeat another s desire. To frustrate is to make vain or ineffectual all… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
frustrate — frus·trate / frəs ˌtrāt/ vt frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing: to make invalid or ineffectual: defeat the remedial purposes of the Workers Compensation Act should not be frustrated by rigid technical standards Palmer v. Bath Iron Works Corp., 559 A.2d… … Law dictionary
foil — I verb baffle, balk, be obstructive, bring to naught, cause to be nugatory, check, confound, counter, counteract, countermine, cripple, crush, dash, dash one s hopes, defeat, disable, disappoint, disrupt, eludere, frustrate, get in the way of,… … Law dictionary
