OVERTHWART

Definition: OVERTHWART

1. Crossing in kind or disposition; perverse; adverse; opposing.

2. Having a transverse position; placed or situated across; hence, opposite.

1. Across; crosswise; transversely.

1. That which is overthwart; an adverse circumstance; opposition.

1. Across; from alde to side of.

1. To cross; to oppose.

Synonyms within Context: OVERTHWART

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Opposition	In spite, in despite, in defiance; in the way, in the teeth of, in the face of; across; athwart, overthwart; where the shoe pinches; in spite of one's teeth.
	Be at cross purposes; play at cross purposes; counterwork, countermine; thwart, overthwart; work against, undermine.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Anagrams: OVERTHWART

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-h-o-r-r-t-t-v-w"
	-2 letters: overtart, thwarter.
	-3 letters: thrower.
	-4 letters: avower, harrow, hatter, hotter, rather, ratter, reavow, retort, rhetor, rotate, rotter, tarter, thawer, thrave, threat, throat, throve, thwart, tother, trover, trowth, watter, wharve, wreath.
	-5 letters: arrow, avert, earth, hater, haver, heart, hover, oater, orate, other, ottar, otter, ovate, overt, rater, rathe, raver, rawer, retro, rotte, rover, rower, rowth, tarot.
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