Associations to the word «Frustrate»

Wiktionary

FRUSTRATE, verb. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
FRUSTRATE, verb. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
FRUSTRATE, verb. (transitive) To cause stress or panic
FRUSTRATE, adjective. Vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory

Dictionary definition

FRUSTRATE, verb. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent".
FRUSTRATE, verb. Treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher".

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne