frustrate
[ fruhs-treyt ]
/ ˈfrʌs treɪt /
verb (used with object), frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing.
to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
to disappoint or thwart (a person): a talented woman whom life had frustrated.
verb (used without object), frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing.
to become frustrated: His trouble is that he frustrates much too easily.
adjective
Obsolete.
frustrated.
Origin of frustrate
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin
frustrātus, past participle of
frustrārī, verbal derivative of
frustrā in vain
SYNONYMS FOR frustrate
OTHER WORDS FROM frustrate
frus·trat·er, noun frus·trat·ing·ly, adverb frus·tra·tive [fruhs-trey-tiv, -truh-] /ˈfrʌs treɪ tɪv, -trə-/, adjective re·frus·trate, verb (used with object), re·frus·trat·ed, re·frus·trat·ing.Words nearby frustrate
frumenty,
frump,
frumpy,
frunze,
frusemide,
frustrate,
frustrated,
frustration,
frustule,
frustulum,
frustum
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British Dictionary definitions for frustrating
frustrate
/ (frʌˈstreɪt) /
verb (tr)
to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart
to upset, agitate, or tire
her constant complaints began to frustrate him
adjective
archaic
frustrated or thwarted; baffled
Derived forms of frustrate
frustrater, nounWord Origin for frustrate
C15: from Latin
frustrāre to cheat, from
frustrā in error