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Verb
S: (v) foil (enhance by contrast) "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"
S: (v) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk (hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of) "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
S: (v) foil (cover or back with foil) "foil mirrors"
Adjective
S: (adj) defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted (disappointingly unsuccessful) "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"