frustrate

From Middle English frustraten, from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“I deceive”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
• Rhymes: (UK) -eɪt

frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)

1. (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.

2. (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.

3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

   This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. 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.

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.

frustrate

1. feminine plural of frustrato

frustrate f pl

1. feminine plural of frustrato

frustrate f

1. plural of frustrata

frustrate

1. inflection of frustrare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

• sfruttare, sfrutterà

frūstrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of frūstrō

frustrate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of frustrar combined with te