thwarted

thwarted
    adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations
           and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
           Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
           teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn:
           {defeated}, {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled},
           {frustrated}, {thwarted}]
    

Thwart \Thwart\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Thwarted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Thwarting}.]
   1. To move across or counter to; to cross; as, an arrow
      thwarts the air. [Obs.]
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            Swift as a shooting star
            In autumn thwarts the night.          --Milton.
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   2. To cross, as a purpose; to oppose; to run counter to; to
      contravene; hence, to frustrate or defeat.
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            If crooked fortune had not thwarted me. --Shak.
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            The proposals of the one never thwarted the
            inclinations of the other.            --South.
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "thwarted":
      baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen,
      crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed,
      dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, foiled, frustrated,
      ill done-by, ill-served, let down, out of countenance, regretful,
      sorely disappointed, soured