thwarty

English

Etymology

From thwart +‎ -y.

Adjective

thwarty (comparative thwartier or more thwarty, superlative thwartiest or most thwarty)

  1. Causing or indicating opposition; adverse; pushy; cross
    • 1950, Syed Ghulam Imam, Anis & Shakespeare:
      And in this aim, there is such a thwarty strife, / That one for all, or all for one we gauge ; [...]
    • 1978, Romanian Review, volume 32, numbers 1-8:
      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 [...] ")
    • 2000, Jim Crace, Being Dead:
      Their thwarty eyes, their hands on mouths, the smell revealed as much.
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