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Adjective: thwarted  thwor-tid
  1. Disappointingly unsuccessful
    "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "his best efforts were thwarted"; "defeated expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "discomfited expectations and thwarted ambitions"
    - defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated
Verb: thwart  thwort
  1. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
    "thwart your opponent"
    - queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

See also: thwarter, thwarting, unsuccessful

Type of: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent

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thurible
thurifer
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Thuringia
Thurs.
Thursday
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thus far
thusly
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Thylacinus
Thylacinus cynocephalus
Thylogale
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