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Foiling

🔄 Synonyms of "Foiling"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
frustrationnoun	The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
thwartingnoun	An instance of blocking or obstructing.
frustrating	Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
thwartingnoun	An instance of blocking or obstructing.
frustrationnoun	The feeling of annoyance at impossibility from resistance or inability to achieve something.
frustrating	Discouraging; causing annoyance or anger by excessive difficulty.
forestallingnoun	The act of one who forestalls.
disrupting	That disrupts; disruptive.
discouragingnoun	That causes discouragement.
dashingnoun	Spirited, audacious and full of high spirits.
abortingverb	(transitive, intransitive) To cause a premature termination of (a fetus); to end a pregnancy before term.
baffling	Puzzling, perplexing, bewildering.
circumventionnoun	The act of evading or going around (bypassing).
floutingnoun	The act by which something is flouted.
foolingverb	The act of one who fools; foolish behaviour.
crossingnoun	An intersection where roads, lines, or tracks cross.
founderingnoun	The act by which a vessel founders.
counterfeitingnoun	The act of one who counterfeits.
follynoun	Foolishness that results from a lack of foresight or lack of practicality.
foistingverb	The act of something being foisted; imposition.
marplotrynoun	Interference that foils a plot.
stallingnoun	The act of a person or thing that stalls.
hindrancenoun	Something which hinders: something that holds back or causes problems with something else.