athwart

Meaning of athwart

adverb
  1. From side to side; across.
    Above, the stars appeared to move slowly athwart.
  2. Across the path (of something).
    a fleet standing athwart our course
  3. Wrongly; perplexingly.
preposition
  1. From one side to the other side of.
    The stars moved slowly athwart the sky.
  2. Across the line of a ship's course or across its deck.
    The damaged mainmast fell athwart the deck, destroying the ship's boat.
  3. Across the path or course of; opposing.

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Hyphenation of athwart

athwart

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 7 chars.
  • athwart is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

athwart synonyms

Meaning obliquely:

obliquely, aslant

Meaning :

overthwart, opposing

Words that rhyme with athwart

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