frustrate
English
Etymology
From Latin frustro.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹəˈstɹeɪt/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌstɹeɪt/
Verb
frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)
- (transitive) 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.
- (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:hinder
Translations
to disappoint or defeat
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to hinder
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Adjective
frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)
- vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
- Shakespeare
- Our frustrate search.
- Shakespeare
Quotations
- For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:frustrate.
Translations
vain, useless
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Italian
Adjective
frustrate
- feminine plural of frustrato
Noun
frustrate f
- plural of frustrata
Verb
frustrate
- second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
- second-person plural imperative of frustrare
- feminine plural of frustrato
Anagrams
- sfruttare, sfrutterà
Latin
Verb
frūstrāte
- first-person plural present active imperative of frūstrō