frustrate.
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
Meaning & usage
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.
To hinder or thwart.
My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
To cause stress or annoyance.
This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frustraten (“to prevent, disappoint, render useless”), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French frustrer.
Ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English frustrat (“prevented, disappointed, rendered useless”, adjective as well as past participle of frustraten (see Etymology 1)), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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