frustrate

English

Etymology

From Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“I deceive”).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder

   My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.

   • 2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals.

3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

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

Translations

to disappoint or defeat

• Belarusian: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: разочаровам (bg) (razočarovam)
• Catalan: frustrar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: frustreren (nl)
• Esperanto: frustri
• Finnish: turhauttaa
• French: frustrer (fr)
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• German: frustrieren (de)
• Greek: ματαιώνω (el) (mataióno)
• Hebrew: תִּסְכֵּל
• Maori: whakahēmana
• Portuguese: frustrar (pt)
• Russian: разочаровывать (ru) impf (razočarovyvatʹ), обламывать (ru) impf (oblamyvatʹ) (slang)
• Serbo-Croatian: frustrírati (sh)
• Spanish: frustrar (es)

to hinder

• Arabic: فَشَّلَ (faššala)
• Bulgarian: осуетявам (bg) (osuetjavam), възпрепятствам (bg) (vǎzprepjatstvam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: frustreren (nl)
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• Finnish: tehdä tyhjäksi, estää (fi), vaikeuttaa (fi)
• Greek: ματαιώνω (el) (mataióno)
• Maori: whakakōpekapeka, whakapōnānā
• Russian: мешать (ru) impf (mešatʹ), препятствовать (ru) impf (prepjatstvovatʹ)

Adjective

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. Vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Our frustrate search.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.

Translations

vain, useless

• Bulgarian: тщетен (tšteten)
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• Russian: тщетный (ru) (tščetnyj)

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Italian

Adjective

frustrate

1. feminine plural of frustrato

Noun

frustrate f

1. plural of frustrata

Verb

frustrate

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

Anagrams

• sfruttare, sfrutterà

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) frūstrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of frūstrō