frustrate

From Latin frustro.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /fɹəˈstɹeɪt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹʌstɹeɪt/

frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)

1. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

   It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.

2. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.

   My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.

3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

   This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

• See also Thesaurus:hinder

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory
   • Shakespeare

     Our frustrate search.

• For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:frustrate.

frustrate

1. feminine plural of frustrato

frustrate f

1. plural of frustrata

frustrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
2. second-person plural imperative of frustrare
3. feminine plural of frustrato

• sfruttare, sfrutterà

frūstrāte

1. first-person plural present active imperative of frūstrō