English > frustrate: 2 senses > verb 1, social| Meaning | hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge" |
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| Synonyms | thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, baffle, bilk |
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| Narrower | dash | Destroy or break |
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| disappoint, let down | fail to meet the hopes or expectations of |
| ruin | Destroy or cause to fail |
| short-circuit | hamper the progress of |
| Broader | prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid | Keep from happening / happening or arising |
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| Spanish | contrariar, defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, estropear, frustrar |
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| Catalan | defraudar, desbaratar, estafar, frustrar, trastornar |
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| Adjectives | frustrative | preventing realization or attainment of a desire |
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| Nouns | frustration | an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts |
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| frustration | the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals |
| frustration | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
English > frustrate: 2 senses > verb 2, emotion| Meaning | treat cruelly. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
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| Model | The performance is likely to frustrate Sue |
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| Synonyms | torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun |
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| Narrower | hamstring | make ineffective or powerless |
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| madden | Drive up the wall |
| persecute, oppress | Cause to suffer |
| tease, badger, pester, bug, beleaguer | annoy persistently |
| Broader | harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy, chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke | annoy continually or chronically |
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| Spanish | atormentar, frustrar, martirizar, torturar |
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| Catalan | frustrar, martiritzar, torturar, turmentar |
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| Nouns | frustration | a feeling of annoyance at being hindered or criticized |
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