frustrate
/frʌs'treit/
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Definition
- Verb:
- To cause feelings of discouragement or annoyance: To make someone feel upset or annoyed because they are unable to achieve or get what they want.
- To prevent the success of something: To hinder, block, or defeat a plan, effort, or desire.
Examples of Usage
- Verb:
- The complicated instructions frustrated the new users. (The complicated instructions caused the new users to feel annoyed and discouraged.)
- Bad weather frustrated our plans for a picnic. (Bad weather prevented our plans for a picnic from succeeding.)
Advanced Usage
- "to be frustrated": To experience the feeling of being upset or annoyed due to obstacles or failure.
- She was frustrated by the lack of progress.
- "to frustrate an attempt": To block or foil a specific effort.
- The security system frustrated the thief's attempt to enter.
Variants and Related Words
- Frustration (n): The feeling of being upset or annoyed, or the thing that causes this feeling.
- He quit his job out of frustration.
- Frustrated (adj): Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance.
- A frustrated artist.
- Frustrating (adj): Causing feelings of frustration.
- A frustrating delay.
Synonyms
- Thwart: To prevent someone from accomplishing something.
- Hinder: To create difficulties for someone or something, resulting in delay or obstruction.
- Foiled: Prevented from being successful.
Related Phrasal Verbs
(This word does not commonly form phrasal verbs. Its meaning is typically expressed directly.)
Related Idioms
- To add insult to injury: To make a bad situation worse for someone (this can be a result of frustration).
- After losing my keys, to add insult to injury, it started to rain.
Verb
- treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
- hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent