thrawart
Americanadjective
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obstinate or intractable.
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twisted or crooked.
Etymology
Origin of thrawart
1425–75; late Middle English (Scots), alteration of fraward, froward, perhaps under influence of thraw, thrawn
Example Sentences
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I'm born, O Patie, to a thrawart fate; I'm born to strive with hardships sad and great!
From English Poets of the Eighteenth Century by Bernbaum, Ernest
They saw but a proud, thrawart ploughman, that stood uncow’ring under the glunsh o’ a hail session; and so they opened on him the artillery o’ the kirk, to bear down his pride.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by Wilson, John Mackay
A thrawn question should hae a thrawart answer.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
Ye was aye to yer faither a thrawart bairn, But, my lady, here stan's the king!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by MacDonald, George
You are right, Isabel, and I must just put back my own sair heartache and look after the ungrateful, thrawart woman's wedding cake.
From A Reconstructed Marriage by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
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