Frustrate definition
To frustrate plans.
To frustrate an opponent.
When all the necessary tools are not available to complete a specific project, this is an example of a way to frustrate a job.
When you keep trying to talk to your friend and he keeps interrupting you which annoys you, this is an example of a time when your friend frustrates you.
Frustrated his ambition; frustrated their scheme for reform.
A persistent wind frustrated me as I tried to rake the leaves.
She was frustrated by his inability to remember her birthday.
It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
Origin of frustrate
- Middle English frustraten from Latin frūstrārī frūstrāt- from frūstrā in vain
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Latin frustro.
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