frustrate
adjective
1. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
verb
1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Similar word(s): baffle, bilk, cross, foil, scotch, spoil, thwart
Definition categories: social, forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
2. treat cruelly
Similar word(s): bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment
Definition categories: emotion, beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
Sentences with frustrate as a verb:
- It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.