Definitions for athwart

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athwart a·thwart

Spelling: [uh-thwawrt]

IPA: /əˈθwɔrt/

Athwart is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 73 anagrams from letters in athwart (aahrttw).

Definitions for athwart

adverb

1. from side to side; crosswise.
2. Nautical. at right angles to the fore-and-aft line; across. broadside to the wind because of equal and opposite pressures of wind and tide:
3. perversely; awry; wrongly.

preposition

1. from side to side of; across.
2. Nautical. across the direction or course of.
3. in opposition to; contrary to.

Origin of athwart

late Middle English word dating back to 1425-75; See origin at a-¹, thwart

Examples for athwart

And athwart the blackened sky there darts a dazzling flash of lightning.

In this way it might be literally possible 'to hear a shadow fall athwart the stillness.'

Gigantic behind them, athwart the carrier lay the captured aeropile.

Very devout too; honest to the bone, athwart all her prejudices.

A cocked hat worn with the peak in front instead of athwart.

They knew that athwart the Khalifa's writ was stencilled "Made in Germany."

Did the shadow of the axe or gibbet fall athwart his dreams?

Long rays, like radiant spears, shot up and athwart the sky.

Thus she was the first to note a shadow fall athwart the doorway.

Garth spread his own bed under the stars, athwart the door of the tent.