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Frustrate

Frustrate Meaning & Definition
Frustrate Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Frustrate?

[v] treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
[v] hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Frustrate: baffle | bedevil | bilk | cross | crucify | dun | foil | queer | rag | scotch | spoil | thwart | torment

Related Terms | Find terms related to Frustrate: annul | anticipate | arrest | baffle | balk | bar | beat | bilk | blast | block | brave | bring to nothing | buffalo | buffer | cancel | cancel out | cast down | challenge | check | checkmate | circumvent | come to nothing | confound | confront | conquer | contravene | counter | counteract | counterbalance | countermand | counterwork | cripple | cross | dash | deceive | defeat | defeat expectation | defy | destroy | disappoint | discomfit | disconcert | discountenance | discourage | dish | disillusion | disrupt | dissatisfy | elude | evade | exasperate | flummox | foil | forbid | forestall | get around | get round | give the runaround | give the slip | go one better | halt | hamper | hamstring | hinder | impede | inhibit | interrupt | invalidate | knock the chocks | let down | lick | negate | negativate | negative | neutralize | nonplus | nullify | obstruct | obviate | offset | outfigure | outflank | outgeneral | outguess | outmaneuver | outplay | outreach | outsmart | outwit | overcome | overreach | pass the buck | perplex | preclude | prevent | prohibit | redress | repel | repulse | ruin | sabotage | scotch | spike | spoil | stonewall | stop | stultify | stump | stymie | tantalize | tease | thwart | undo | upset | victimize | vitiate | void

See Also | badger | beleaguer | beset | bug | chevvy | chevy | chivvy | chivy | dash | disappoint | double cross | forbid | foreclose | forestall | hamstring | harass | harry | hassle | let down | madden | molest | oppress | persecute | pester | plague | preclude | prevent | provoke | ruin | short-circuit | tease

Frustrate In Webster's Dictionary

\Frus"trate\, a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. ``Our frustrate search.'' --Shak.
\Frus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Frustrated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Frustrating}.] 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton. 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.

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