frustrate Verb [-trating, -trated] 1. to upset or anger (a person) by presenting difficulties that cannot be overcome: his lack of ambition frustrated me 2. to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of [Latin frustrare to cheat] frustrating adj frustration n
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms | Verb | 1. | frustrate - hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid - keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" dash - destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes" short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede; "short-circuit warm feelings" ruin - destroy or cause to fail; "This behavior will ruin your chances of winning the election" | | 2. | frustrate - treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically; "He is known to harry his staff when he is overworked"; "This man harasses his female co-workers" hamstring - make ineffective or powerless; "The teachers were hamstrung by the overly rigid schedules" persecute, oppress - cause to suffer; "Jews were persecuted in the former Soviet Union" |
frustrate verb 2. thwart, stop, check, block, defeat, disappoint, counter, confront, spoil, foil, baffle, inhibit, hobble, balk, circumvent, forestall, neutralize, stymie, nullify, render null and void, crool or cruel Austral. ( slang) << OPPOSITE further
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