no vs thwart

no

noun
  • a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval 

  • a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition 

adv
  • Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. 

  • not 

  • Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. 

particle
  • Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. 

  • Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. 

  • Used to show agreement with a negative question. 

intj
  • vehement rejection of truthfulness 

  • disgust 

  • mild disapproval 

prep
  • not, does not, do not, etc. 

  • without 

  • like 

det
  • Not any. 

  • Hardly any. 

  • Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. 

  • Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). 

thwart

noun
  • An act of thwarting; something which thwarts; a hindrance, an obstacle. 

  • A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit. 

  • A brace, perpendicular to the keel, that helps maintain the beam (“breadth”) of a marine vessel against external water pressure and that may serve to support the rail. 

adj
  • Placed or situated across something else; cross, oblique, transverse. 

verb
  • To cause to fail; to frustrate, to prevent. 

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