frustrate
Meaning of frustrate
- To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- To hinder or thwart.
My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- To cause stress or annoyance.
This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
adjective
Ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Information about frustrate
- The plural form of frustrate is: frustrates.
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Hyphenation of frustrate
frus-trate
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- frustrate is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
frustrate synonyms
Meaning thwart:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, baffle, bilk
Meaning torment:
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun
Translation of frustrate
- Spanish: evitar, anular, estropear, abortar, dificultar, impedir, frustrar, malograr
- Italian: impedire, frustrare, ostacolare
- German: durchkreuzen, vereiteln, unterlaufen
- French: contrecarrer, contrarier
- Portuguese: frustrar, contrariar
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