frustrate
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English frustraten, from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“I deceive”).
Pronunciation edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
- Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt
Verb edit
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.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- 2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times:
- With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals.
- (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
Translations edit
to disappoint or defeat
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to hinder
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Adjective edit
frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)
- ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:
- Our frustrate search.
Quotations edit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.
Translations edit
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Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
frustrate
Participle edit
frustrate f pl
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
frustrate f
Etymology 3 edit
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frustrate
- inflection of frustrare:
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
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frūstrāte
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frustrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of frustrar combined with te