Origin: Latin
suffix -ate
Frustrate has 4 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
2
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
3
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
Adjective
1
ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Example Sentences
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
verb
"foil your opponent"
verb
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
verb
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