frustrate synonyms

frustrate

v.

prevent, thwart, defeat, foil, balk, baffle, nullify, stymie, disappoint, discourage; see also disappoint, hinder, prevent.

to frustrate means to deprive of effect or render worthless an effort directed to some end; thwart and balk both mean to frustrate by blocking someone or something moving toward some objective; foil means to throw off course so as to discourage further effort or make it of no avail our plans were foiled by bad weather; to baffle is to defeat the efforts of by bewildering or confusing the crime baffled the police

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