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What (who) is frustrate - definition
frustrate
COMMON EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION, RELATED TO ANGER, ANNOYANCE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Frustrated; 😤; Frustrate
(frustrates, frustrating, frustrated)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
If something frustrates you, it upsets or angers you because you are unable to do anything about the problems it creates.
These questions frustrated me...
Doesn't it frustrate you that audiences in the theatre are so restricted?
VERB: V n, V n
• frustrated
Roberta felt frustrated and angry.
...voters who are frustrated with the council.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
• frustration (frustrations)
The results show the level of frustration among hospital doctors.
...a man fed up with the frustrations of everyday life.
N-VAR
2.
If someone or something frustrates a plan or attempt to do something, they prevent it from succeeding.
The government has deliberately frustrated his efforts to gain work permits for his foreign staff.
...her frustrated attempt to become governor.
VERB: V n, V-ed
Frustrate
COMMON EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION, RELATED TO ANGER, ANNOYANCE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Frustrated; 😤; Frustrate
·adj Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
II. Frustrate ·vt To make null; to Nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
III. Frustrate ·vt To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to Disappoint; to Defeat; to Baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
frustrate
COMMON EMOTIONAL RESPONSE TO OPPOSITION, RELATED TO ANGER, ANNOYANCE AND DISAPPOINTMENT
Frustrated; 😤; Frustrate
I. v. a.
Defeat, disappoint, balk, foil, baffle, disconcert, circumvent, check, thwart, disappoint, bring to nought.
II. a.
Vain, useless, ineffectual, frustrated, null, void, of no effect.
Examples of use of frustrate
1. Senators don‘t care if they frustrate presidents.
2. Roadside conditions and signage also frustrate drivers.
3. Their proposals, if adopted, would frustrate assimilation.
4. They can frustrate plot after plot, detain suspect after suspect.
5. They are overly bureaucratic, a waste of resources and frustrate citizens with poor service,» he said.