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   frustrate

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   • 1. prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled: "the rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather" Similar thwartdefeatfoilblockstopput a stop tocounterspoilcheckbalkcircumventdisappointforestallbardashscotchquashcrushderailnip in the budbafflenullifysnookerobstructimpedehamperhinderstiflefetterhamstringcrippleput a brake onstand in the way ofspike someone's gunsinformal:stymiefoul upscrew upput the kibosh onput the lid onbanjaxdo forscupperOpposite helpfacilitate
   • ▪ prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something: "in numerous policy areas, central government has been frustrated by local authorities"
   • 2. cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something: "it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her" Similar exasperateinfuriateannoyangermaddenvexirritateirkembittersourget someone's back uptry someone's patiencediscouragedisheartendispiritdepressdissatisfymake discontentedinformal:aggravatedrive maddrive crazybugmiffhack offget toget under someone's skinwind upget on someone's wicknarkgive someone the humpOpposite please

   adjective

   • 1. frustrated. archaic

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- ‘disappointed’, from the verb frustrare, from frustra ‘in vain’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. frustrater noun

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   What does it mean if someone frustrates a plan?

   • If someone or something frustrates a plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding . The government has frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff. [VERB noun] ...her frustrated attempt to become governor. [VERB-ed] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1. 2.

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   What does it frustrate you mean if something frustrates you?

   • If something frustrates you, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates . These questions frustrated me. [VERB noun] Doesn't it frustrate you that audiences in the theatre are so restricted? [VERB noun] Roberta felt frustrated and angry.

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   What frustrates a person?

   • frustrate somebody to make somebody feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want What frustrates him is that there's too little money to spend on the project. Questions about grammar and vocabulary? Find the answers with Practical English Usage online, your indispensable guide to problems in English.

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   What does frustration mean?

   • The thwarting of or inability to gratify a desire or to satisfy an urge or need. The emotion resulting when aims or intentions are blocked. Frustration is inevitable but some people aim for goals inherently beyond their capacity and suffer a much higher level of frustration than others.

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   Frustrate means to make someone feel annoyed or less confident, or to prevent the plans or efforts of someone or something from being achieved. Learn more about the meaning, synonyms, antonyms, and usage of frustrate with examples from the Cambridge Dictionary.

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     FRUSTRATE meaning: 1. to make someone feel annoyed or less...

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     frustrate definicja: 1. to make someone feel annoyed or less...

   • Frustrate: German Translation

     frustrate translate: frustieren, vereiteln. Learn more in...

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     FRUSTRATE translate: llàm thất vọng, làm thất bại. Learn...

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     frustrate translate: frustrować, udaremnić, pokrzyżować...

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     FRUSTRATE translate: раздражать, расстраивать, срывать,...

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   Learn the meaning, synonyms, and usage of the verb and adjective frustrate, which means to make vain or ineffectual all efforts. See examples, word history, and related entries.

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   Frustrate definition: to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify. See examples of FRUSTRATE used in a sentence.

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   verb. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. “What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge” synonyms: baffle, bilk, confound, cross, foil, queer, scotch, scuttle, spoil, thwart. see more. verb. discourage or cause annoyance or upset. synonyms: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment. see more.

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   Frustrate means to make somebody feel annoyed or impatient because they cannot do or achieve what they want, or to prevent somebody or something from succeeding. See the verb forms, synonyms, word origin and usage notes of frustrate.

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    Frustrate means to prevent or thwart someone or something from achieving a goal or desire. It can also mean to cause feelings of annoyance or disappointment. See synonyms, translations, and usage examples from various sources.