Definition of frustrate in English:

frustrate

verb frʌˈstreɪtˈfrʌstreɪtˈfrəstreɪt

[with object]

1Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.
the rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather
Example sentencesExamples
- Of course, the failed indicator light was frustrating our efforts to read the indication.
- Eventually Japan decides to assassinate the woman who so frustrates its plans of domination.
- He wants to unlock these secrets quickly, but the landscape frustrates these attempts.
- His purpose is never frustrated for lack of resources, either human or material.
- Our efforts are being frustrated by the fact that EU legislation does not cover holiday clubs.
- Now Constantine had had enough of their pagan attempts to frustrate his policies.
- As at Prince Edward Island the unpredictable sub-Antarctic weather frustrated their plans to land.
- But he said Russian opposition could continue to frustrate British-backed plans to reform UN sanctions against Iraq.
- It illustrates how the little man can, in the end, outwit and frustrate the grandiose plans of the great.
- What is even worse is that it frustrates efforts to find a solution.
- For some time, his ambition was frustrated by those who said that he simply wasn't at that level.
- In the case cited, however, one is voting for him precisely in order to frustrate his pro-abortion purposes.
- Good plans are often frustrated by those who occupy strategic positions.
- However, the police frustrated the attempt to attack the houses of one community.
- One of the reasons he was so hated was because he was frustrating what they wanted.
- The president said that this situation could not be allowed to continue because it frustrated the expectations of the people.
- Jeff Tracy and his sons sort out natural disasters and frustrate the dastardly plans of the megalomaniac villain called the Hood.
- These, it sees, are attempting to frustrate their progression to the police boards.
- Already, legal moves are under way to frustrate the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen.
- Margaret had told Miss Gillies that she was' frustrating her ambition '.
Synonyms
thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, baulk, circumvent, disappoint, forestall, bar, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, nip in the bud, baffle, nullify, snooker
obstruct, impede, hamper, hinder, stifle, fetter, hamstring, cripple, put a brake on, stand in the way of, spike someone's guns
informal stymie, foul up, screw up, put the kibosh on, put the lid on, banjax, do for
British informal scupper
1. 1.1 Prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something.
  in numerous policy areas, central government has been frustrated by local authorities
  Example sentencesExamples
  All or some of these measures can help to frustrate the would-be car thief.
2Cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.
it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her
Example sentencesExamples
- Almost none of these fights are necessary to the plot; instead, they are pointless digressions, guaranteed to frustrate any viewer actually taking an interest in the story.
- But it's so frustrating sometimes, 'cause she's got so much baggage that she's carrying around.
- And it was kind of funny, but it was really frustrating at the same time.
- When we were keeping the ball in the corner, it frustrates the fans but it's a nervous team because we haven't won for a while.
- For most people this phase is the most frustrating aspect of dog ownership.
- It frustrates me, and I'm hoping that things will change soon.
- The man could be so frustrating sometimes.
- She was so frustrating sometimes that he felt like throwing in the germ filled towel he called their friendship.
- But it frustrates me that people are suffering, and, in my eyes and the eyes of many, not enough is being done to help.
- The most frustrating aspect of it all is that I have no choice.
- But yeah, it was a bit frustrating at times.
- When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't frustrate you?
- Allowing the produce to go to waste will not only frustrate farmers, but will also render fruitless, all the good efforts so far made to revive agriculture which collapsed in the last decade, due to bad policies.
- They claim they're protecting, you know, the case, which is extremely frustrating at times.
- Right now its all a little bit frustrating really.
- Rain delays are hugely frustrating for players and fans alike.
- During my first year on the journal as a staff member, I was frustrated by all of the inefficiencies in our processes.
- I think it frustrates adults when they cannot instill their ideas into teens.
- Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless.
- Awkward, meaningless, or otherwise inappropriate staging frustrates the actor, often leading to a poor performance because it does not ‘work’ for him.
Synonyms
exasperate, infuriate, annoy, anger, madden, vex, irritate, irk, embitter, sour, get someone's back up, try someone's patience
discourage, dishearten, dispirit, depress, dissatisfy, make discontented
informal aggravate, drive mad, drive crazy, bug, miff, hack off, get to, get under someone's skin, give someone the hump
British informal wind up, get on someone's wick, nark

adjective ˈfrʌstreɪtˈfrəstreɪt

archaic

Frustrated.

Derivatives

frustrater

noun

Most people who have been sued by the third-party recovery sector are NOT combative frustraters of the system.
Example sentencesExamples
- This framework is pervasive, more than a century old, efficiency oriented, and largely unexamined as a systematic frustrater of innovation.
- What frustraters me is that there was evidence clearly overlooked from our understanding, and from reading the forensic reports that this death was murder.
- We would probably have had sufficient time to frustrate the frustraters.
- Whether one believed its claims or not, alchemy served as a convenient benchmark for determining the limits to the power that divinity had placed in the hands of those perennial frustraters of human salvation - the race of demons.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- 'disappointed', from the verb frustrare, from frustra 'in vain'.

Rhymes

abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight

Definition of frustrate in US English:

frustrate

verbˈfrəstrātˈfrəstreɪt

[with object]

1Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.
his attempt to frustrate the merger
Example sentencesExamples
- Now Constantine had had enough of their pagan attempts to frustrate his policies.
- His purpose is never frustrated for lack of resources, either human or material.
- It illustrates how the little man can, in the end, outwit and frustrate the grandiose plans of the great.
- Our efforts are being frustrated by the fact that EU legislation does not cover holiday clubs.
- He wants to unlock these secrets quickly, but the landscape frustrates these attempts.
- The president said that this situation could not be allowed to continue because it frustrated the expectations of the people.
- But he said Russian opposition could continue to frustrate British-backed plans to reform UN sanctions against Iraq.
- What is even worse is that it frustrates efforts to find a solution.
- Already, legal moves are under way to frustrate the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen.
- One of the reasons he was so hated was because he was frustrating what they wanted.
- However, the police frustrated the attempt to attack the houses of one community.
- As at Prince Edward Island the unpredictable sub-Antarctic weather frustrated their plans to land.
- These, it sees, are attempting to frustrate their progression to the police boards.
- For some time, his ambition was frustrated by those who said that he simply wasn't at that level.
- Margaret had told Miss Gillies that she was' frustrating her ambition '.
- Eventually Japan decides to assassinate the woman who so frustrates its plans of domination.
- In the case cited, however, one is voting for him precisely in order to frustrate his pro-abortion purposes.
- Good plans are often frustrated by those who occupy strategic positions.
- Of course, the failed indicator light was frustrating our efforts to read the indication.
- Jeff Tracy and his sons sort out natural disasters and frustrate the dastardly plans of the megalomaniac villain called the Hood.
Synonyms
thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, baulk, circumvent, disappoint, forestall, bar, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, nip in the bud, baffle, nullify, snooker
1. 1.1 Prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something.
  an increasingly popular way to frustrate car thieves
  Example sentencesExamples
  All or some of these measures can help to frustrate the would-be car thief.
2. 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed, typically as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.
  it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her
  Example sentencesExamples
  I think it frustrates adults when they cannot instill their ideas into teens.
  The man could be so frustrating sometimes.
  It frustrates me, and I'm hoping that things will change soon.
  But it's so frustrating sometimes, 'cause she's got so much baggage that she's carrying around.
  Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless.
  But it frustrates me that people are suffering, and, in my eyes and the eyes of many, not enough is being done to help.
  Right now its all a little bit frustrating really.
  Rain delays are hugely frustrating for players and fans alike.
  Allowing the produce to go to waste will not only frustrate farmers, but will also render fruitless, all the good efforts so far made to revive agriculture which collapsed in the last decade, due to bad policies.
  Awkward, meaningless, or otherwise inappropriate staging frustrates the actor, often leading to a poor performance because it does not ‘work’ for him.
  For most people this phase is the most frustrating aspect of dog ownership.
  The most frustrating aspect of it all is that I have no choice.
  They claim they're protecting, you know, the case, which is extremely frustrating at times.
  She was so frustrating sometimes that he felt like throwing in the germ filled towel he called their friendship.
  When we were keeping the ball in the corner, it frustrates the fans but it's a nervous team because we haven't won for a while.
  And it was kind of funny, but it was really frustrating at the same time.
  When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't frustrate you?
  But yeah, it was a bit frustrating at times.
  Almost none of these fights are necessary to the plot; instead, they are pointless digressions, guaranteed to frustrate any viewer actually taking an interest in the story.
  During my first year on the journal as a staff member, I was frustrated by all of the inefficiencies in our processes.
  Synonyms
  exasperate, infuriate, annoy, anger, madden, vex, irritate, irk, embitter, sour, get someone's back up, try someone's patience

adjectiveˈfrəstrātˈfrəstreɪt

archaic

Frustrated.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- ‘disappointed’, from the verb frustrare, from frustra ‘in vain’.

单词	frustrate
释义	Definition of frustrate in English: frustrate verb frʌˈstreɪtˈfrʌstreɪtˈfrəstreɪt [with object] 1Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. the rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather Example sentencesExamples Of course, the failed indicator light was frustrating our efforts to read the indication. Eventually Japan decides to assassinate the woman who so frustrates its plans of domination. He wants to unlock these secrets quickly, but the landscape frustrates these attempts. His purpose is never frustrated for lack of resources, either human or material. Our efforts are being frustrated by the fact that EU legislation does not cover holiday clubs. Now Constantine had had enough of their pagan attempts to frustrate his policies. As at Prince Edward Island the unpredictable sub-Antarctic weather frustrated their plans to land. But he said Russian opposition could continue to frustrate British-backed plans to reform UN sanctions against Iraq. It illustrates how the little man can, in the end, outwit and frustrate the grandiose plans of the great. What is even worse is that it frustrates efforts to find a solution. For some time, his ambition was frustrated by those who said that he simply wasn't at that level. In the case cited, however, one is voting for him precisely in order to frustrate his pro-abortion purposes. Good plans are often frustrated by those who occupy strategic positions. However, the police frustrated the attempt to attack the houses of one community. One of the reasons he was so hated was because he was frustrating what they wanted. The president said that this situation could not be allowed to continue because it frustrated the expectations of the people. Jeff Tracy and his sons sort out natural disasters and frustrate the dastardly plans of the megalomaniac villain called the Hood. These, it sees, are attempting to frustrate their progression to the police boards. Already, legal moves are under way to frustrate the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen. Margaret had told Miss Gillies that she was' frustrating her ambition '. Synonyms thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, baulk, circumvent, disappoint, forestall, bar, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, nip in the bud, baffle, nullify, snooker obstruct, impede, hamper, hinder, stifle, fetter, hamstring, cripple, put a brake on, stand in the way of, spike someone's guns informal stymie, foul up, screw up, put the kibosh on, put the lid on, banjax, do for British informal scupper 1.1 Prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something. in numerous policy areas, central government has been frustrated by local authorities Example sentencesExamples All or some of these measures can help to frustrate the would-be car thief. 2Cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something. it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her Example sentencesExamples Almost none of these fights are necessary to the plot; instead, they are pointless digressions, guaranteed to frustrate any viewer actually taking an interest in the story. But it's so frustrating sometimes, 'cause she's got so much baggage that she's carrying around. And it was kind of funny, but it was really frustrating at the same time. When we were keeping the ball in the corner, it frustrates the fans but it's a nervous team because we haven't won for a while. For most people this phase is the most frustrating aspect of dog ownership. It frustrates me, and I'm hoping that things will change soon. The man could be so frustrating sometimes. She was so frustrating sometimes that he felt like throwing in the germ filled towel he called their friendship. But it frustrates me that people are suffering, and, in my eyes and the eyes of many, not enough is being done to help. The most frustrating aspect of it all is that I have no choice. But yeah, it was a bit frustrating at times. When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't frustrate you? Allowing the produce to go to waste will not only frustrate farmers, but will also render fruitless, all the good efforts so far made to revive agriculture which collapsed in the last decade, due to bad policies. They claim they're protecting, you know, the case, which is extremely frustrating at times. Right now its all a little bit frustrating really. Rain delays are hugely frustrating for players and fans alike. During my first year on the journal as a staff member, I was frustrated by all of the inefficiencies in our processes. I think it frustrates adults when they cannot instill their ideas into teens. Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless. Awkward, meaningless, or otherwise inappropriate staging frustrates the actor, often leading to a poor performance because it does not ‘work’ for him. Synonyms exasperate, infuriate, annoy, anger, madden, vex, irritate, irk, embitter, sour, get someone's back up, try someone's patience discourage, dishearten, dispirit, depress, dissatisfy, make discontented informal aggravate, drive mad, drive crazy, bug, miff, hack off, get to, get under someone's skin, give someone the hump British informal wind up, get on someone's wick, nark adjective ˈfrʌstreɪtˈfrəstreɪt archaic Frustrated. Derivatives frustrater noun Most people who have been sued by the third-party recovery sector are NOT combative frustraters of the system. Example sentencesExamples This framework is pervasive, more than a century old, efficiency oriented, and largely unexamined as a systematic frustrater of innovation. What frustraters me is that there was evidence clearly overlooked from our understanding, and from reading the forensic reports that this death was murder. We would probably have had sufficient time to frustrate the frustraters. Whether one believed its claims or not, alchemy served as a convenient benchmark for determining the limits to the power that divinity had placed in the hands of those perennial frustraters of human salvation - the race of demons. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- 'disappointed', from the verb frustrare, from frustra 'in vain'. Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, strait, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight Definition of frustrate in US English: frustrate verbˈfrəstrātˈfrəstreɪt [with object] 1Prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. his attempt to frustrate the merger Example sentencesExamples Now Constantine had had enough of their pagan attempts to frustrate his policies. His purpose is never frustrated for lack of resources, either human or material. It illustrates how the little man can, in the end, outwit and frustrate the grandiose plans of the great. Our efforts are being frustrated by the fact that EU legislation does not cover holiday clubs. He wants to unlock these secrets quickly, but the landscape frustrates these attempts. The president said that this situation could not be allowed to continue because it frustrated the expectations of the people. But he said Russian opposition could continue to frustrate British-backed plans to reform UN sanctions against Iraq. What is even worse is that it frustrates efforts to find a solution. Already, legal moves are under way to frustrate the plan, and these will be partly grounded on the historical significance of the site that has been chosen. One of the reasons he was so hated was because he was frustrating what they wanted. However, the police frustrated the attempt to attack the houses of one community. As at Prince Edward Island the unpredictable sub-Antarctic weather frustrated their plans to land. These, it sees, are attempting to frustrate their progression to the police boards. For some time, his ambition was frustrated by those who said that he simply wasn't at that level. Margaret had told Miss Gillies that she was' frustrating her ambition '. Eventually Japan decides to assassinate the woman who so frustrates its plans of domination. In the case cited, however, one is voting for him precisely in order to frustrate his pro-abortion purposes. Good plans are often frustrated by those who occupy strategic positions. Of course, the failed indicator light was frustrating our efforts to read the indication. Jeff Tracy and his sons sort out natural disasters and frustrate the dastardly plans of the megalomaniac villain called the Hood. Synonyms thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, baulk, circumvent, disappoint, forestall, bar, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, nip in the bud, baffle, nullify, snooker 1.1 Prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something. an increasingly popular way to frustrate car thieves Example sentencesExamples All or some of these measures can help to frustrate the would-be car thief. 1.2 Cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed, typically as a result of being unable to change or achieve something. it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her Example sentencesExamples I think it frustrates adults when they cannot instill their ideas into teens. The man could be so frustrating sometimes. It frustrates me, and I'm hoping that things will change soon. But it's so frustrating sometimes, 'cause she's got so much baggage that she's carrying around. Lessons in which there are no right or wrong answers, and from which solid conclusions cannot be drawn, tend to frustrate boys, who often view them as pointless. But it frustrates me that people are suffering, and, in my eyes and the eyes of many, not enough is being done to help. Right now its all a little bit frustrating really. Rain delays are hugely frustrating for players and fans alike. Allowing the produce to go to waste will not only frustrate farmers, but will also render fruitless, all the good efforts so far made to revive agriculture which collapsed in the last decade, due to bad policies. Awkward, meaningless, or otherwise inappropriate staging frustrates the actor, often leading to a poor performance because it does not ‘work’ for him. For most people this phase is the most frustrating aspect of dog ownership. The most frustrating aspect of it all is that I have no choice. They claim they're protecting, you know, the case, which is extremely frustrating at times. She was so frustrating sometimes that he felt like throwing in the germ filled towel he called their friendship. When we were keeping the ball in the corner, it frustrates the fans but it's a nervous team because we haven't won for a while. And it was kind of funny, but it was really frustrating at the same time. When you see these polls that show your popularity down a bit, it doesn't frustrate you? But yeah, it was a bit frustrating at times. Almost none of these fights are necessary to the plot; instead, they are pointless digressions, guaranteed to frustrate any viewer actually taking an interest in the story. During my first year on the journal as a staff member, I was frustrated by all of the inefficiencies in our processes. Synonyms exasperate, infuriate, annoy, anger, madden, vex, irritate, irk, embitter, sour, get someone's back up, try someone's patience adjectiveˈfrəstrātˈfrəstreɪt archaic Frustrated. Origin Late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- ‘disappointed’, from the verb frustrare, from frustra ‘in vain’.
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