Frustrate

Definition: Frustrate

Frustrate

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. Annoy constantly.

3. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.

Date "frustrate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Frustrate

Synonyms: baffle (v), bedevil (v), bilk (v), cross (v), crucify (v), dun (v), foil (v), queer (v), rag (v), scotch (v), spoil (v), thwart (v), torment (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disappointment	Disappoint; frustrate, discomfit, crush, defeat (failure); crush one's hope, dash one's hope, balk one's hope, disappoint one's hope, blight one's hope, falsify one's hope, defeat one's hope, discourage; balk, jilt, bilk; play one false, play a trick; dash the cup from the lips, tantalize; dumfound, dumbfound, dumbfounder, dumfounder (astonish).
Hindrance	Thwart, frustrate, disconcert, balk, foil; faze, feaze, feeze; baffle, snub, override, circumvent; defeat; spike guns; (render useless); spoil, mar, clip the wings of; cripple; (injure); put an extinguisher on; damp; dishearten; (dissuade); discountenance, throw cold water on, spoil sport; lay a wet blanket, throw a wet blanket on; cut the ground from under one, take the wind out of one's sails, undermine; be in the way of, stand in the way of; act as a drag; hang like a millstone round one's neck.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Frustrate

English words defined with "frustrate": Anientise ♦ Baffling wind, Balkingly ♦ delusions of persecution, Dispurpose ♦ on the head ♦ To knock in the head. (references)

Specialty definitions using "frustrate": Cut ♦ Visual Interface. (references)

Etymologies containing "frustrate": Dispurpose ♦ Frustraneous. (references)

Domain	Title
Books	The Pocket Encyclopedia of Aggravation: 101 Things that Annoy, Bother, Chafe, Disturb, Enervate, Frustrate, Grate, Harass, Irk, Jar, Mife, Nettle, Outrage, Peeve, Quassh, Rile, Stress Out, Trouble, Upset, Vex, Worry and X,Y Z You! (reference) Frustrate their knavish tricks : writings on biography, history, and politics (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Tanzania	Poor pricing and unreliable cash flow to farmers continue to frustrate the agricultural sector. (references)
	China	Nevertheless, China's population, geographical vastness, and social diversity frustrate attempts to rule by fiat from Beijing. (references)
Political Economy	PHILIPPINES	However, local political leaders and officials governing some special economic zones have tried to frustrate union organizing efforts by maintaining "union free/strike free" policies. (references)
Trade	Kazakhstan	Kazakhstani banks offer loans at high interest rates, which often frustrate small, budding entrepreneurs. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
George Washington	1789-1797	Hence, while the greater part of Pennsylvania itself were conforming themselves to the acts of excise, a few counties were resolved to frustrate them.
Lyndon B. Johnson	1963-1969	Eighth, we must strengthen the ability of free nations everywhere to develop their independence and raise their standard of living, and thereby frustrate those who prey on poverty and chaos.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

"Frustrate" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 80.00% of the time. "Frustrate" is used about 140 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	80%	112	30,646
Lexical Verb (base form)	20%	28	65,706
Total	100.00%	140	N/A

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "frustrate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		prish (alloy, annul, baffle, blast, blow, botch, break, cancel, collapse, consume, corrode, corrupt, damn, darken, debase, debauch, deface, deflower, denounce, deprave, derogate, destroy, deteriorate, disarrange, disestablish, dissipate, dissolve, fester, fritter, go, gum up, infringe, injure, mammock, mess, misguide, misspend, nip, obliterate, pervert, pollute, pull down, quash, queer, rot, ruin, shatter, sophisticate, spend, split, spoil, stymie, take away, thwack, trouble, undo, unmake, unsettle, upset, violate, vitiate, warp, wear, wreck, zap), pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), irritoj (acerbate, displease, exasperate, inflame, provoke), i pashpresë (desperate, disconsolate, frustrated, goner, hopeless, unlikely), i irrituar (acerbate, angry, frustrated, wrought up), i dështuar (abortive, failed, frustrated, washed up), asgjësoj (annihilate, decimate, destroy, devour, disannul, eliminate, exterminate, extinguish, extirpate, fast, finish, finish off, liquidate, overturn, rub out, scathe, shake down, slate, smite, stultify, trample down, unbuild, undo, unmake, uproot). (various references)

Arabic		‏محبط (depressed, frustrated, frustrating, grim, low, spiritless), ‏مخيب (disappointed, frustrated), ‏أحبط (anticipate, balk, block, check, damp, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, foil, forestall, nullify, ruin, scotch, scuttle, torpedo), ‏أبطل (abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, avoid, call off, cancel, circumvent, counteract, countermand, defeat, extinguish, nullify, override, quash, repeal, rescind, reverse, revoke, rule out, stultify, supersede, undo, upset, vacate, vitiate, void), ‏ثبط (chill, damp, dampen, demoralize, inhibit, inhibition, repel). (various references)

Bulgarian		сразен, разочаровам (disappoint, disenchant, disillusion, disillusionize, fail, let down), осуетявам (abort, baffle, disappoint, foil, mock, pour cold water on, scatter, scotch, short circuit, sink, spoil, wash out), осуетен (disappointed), попречвам някому да се прояви. (various references)

Chinese		挫败 (frustrated, frustrating). (various references)

Czech		frustrovat, znechutit (disgust, sicken), zmařit (baffle, crush, destroy, ditch, foil, scotch, stave off, thwart, upset), otrávit (disgust, empoison, envenom, pip, poison, taint). (various references)

Dutch		frustreren. (various references)

Esperanto		frustri. (various references)

Finnish		tehdä turhaksi (baffle). (various references)

French		frustrer. (various references)

German		frustrieren (upset). (various references)

Greek		μάταιος (vain), ματαιώνω (abort, balk, call off, cancel, circumvent, foil, forestall, nullify, thwart), ματαιώ (defeat, discomfit, thwart). (various references)

Hebrew		לתסכל (bedevil), לשים לאל, ל�'רום מפח, לסכל (baffle, balk, baulk, circumvent, foil, make foolish, stultify, thwart). (various references)

Hungarian		meghiúsult (baffled, blighted, disconcerted, shattered, withered), hiú (chesty, foppish, illusory, self-conceited, vain), hasztalan (of no avail, unavailable, useless). (various references)

Italian		frustrare (baffle, foil), frustare (flail, flog, hide, horsewhip, lash, scourge, slash, switch, thwart, whip, whip up, whips), deludere (blight, deceive, delude, disappoint). (various references)

Korean		좌� �시키십시�". (various references)

Manx		tarmestey (ban, block, blocking, check, checkmate; stonewaller; discouragement, chip in, cross, cross annoy, debar, encroachment, foil, frustration, interdict, interdiction, interference, proscribe, proscription, taboo, thwart). (various references)

Norwegian		frustrere, forpurre (baffle, foil). (various references)

Pig Latin		ustratefray

Portuguese		frustrar (balk, confound, disappoint, discomfit, elude, foil, mar, resist, thwart). (various references)

Romanian		zãdãrnici (annihilate, cripple, defeat, destroy, discomfit, disturb, foil, pip, thwart), strica (bastardize, batter, bedevil, blast, blight, break, bungle, contaminate, corrupt, crack, cripple, damage, debauch, decompose, deface, deflower, demolish, deprave, derange, destroy, disarrange, disconcert, disfigure, disorganize, disturb, flaw, hackle, harm, hurt, impair, injure, Mar, muck, muddle, pervert, pip, quash, rot, sophisticate, spoil, taint, vitiate, wreck), dejuca (baffle, balk, baulk, counterwork, defeat, disappoint, discomfit, foil, shatter, thwart), dãrâma (annihilate, batter, blight, break down, crack, crumble, crush, demolish, destroy, pull down, raze, ruin, shatter, throw down, wreck), înşela (abuse, bamboozle, beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, chouse, circumvent, cog, con, cozen, cuckold, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle, disappoint, do, do brown, do something crooked, double cross, dupe, fiddle, gag, get round, gull, hocus, hoodwink, humbug, impose, jockey, juggle, mock, mystify, nobble, out-jockey, pigeon, queer, ramp, rook, sharp, shuffle, swindle, trick, victimize). (various references)

Russian		расстраивать (baffle, blow up, defeat, detune, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, distune, disturb, faze, shatter, thwart, unnerve, unsettle, untune, upset). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		frustrirati, osujetiti (foil, mar, prevent, queer, set back, thwart). (various references)

Spanish		frustrar (baffle, balk, baulk, blight, defeat, foil, mock, scotch, scupper, thwart, to foil), frustrado (frustrated). (various references)

Swedish		omintetgöra (cripple, defeat, disconcert, foil, scotch, shatter, sink, thwart, torpedo, undo), gäcka (balk, cross, disappoint, discomfit, elude, foil). (various references)

Thai		ทำให้ท้อแท้. (various references)

Turkish		yıldırmak (appall, be a disincentive to, browbeat, cow, daunt, deter, discourage, mau-mau), işini bozmak (cross smb.'s path, dish, gum up, queer the pitch), hayal kırıklığına uğratmak (chagrin, disappoint, discourage, let down), engel olmak (baffle, balk, be in smb.'s road, bind, blanket, clip one's wings, debar, encumber, estop, forbid, hamper, handicap, hinder, intercept, interfere with, militate against, Nix, obstruct, oppose, prevent, prohibit, put a spoke in smb.'s wheel, put a stay on, put back, put off, scotch, shackle, thwart), boşa çıkarmak (baffle, blight, cancel, defeat, disappoint, fail, invalidate, prick the bubble, puncture, shoot down), önlemek (arrest, avert, avoid, baffle, bank, circumvent, counterwork, estop, face up to, foil, foreclose, forestall, get under control, head off, intercept, jugulate, keep back, obviate, occlude, preclude, prevent, prevent from, prohibit, repress, stay, suppress, thwart, ward, ward off). (various references)

Ukrainian		розстроювати (baffle, derange, detune, disorder, distune, overset, unnerve, upset), розладнувати (circumvent, counterwork, derange, detune, disarrange, discomfit, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disturb, overset, shatter, unfix, unhinge, unsettle), робити марним (negative, sterilize), нездійснений (unrealized), марний (bootless, feckless, futile, idle, naught, needless, nugatory, of no effect, otiose, sleeveless, unavailable, vain), позбавлений (barren of, deficient, destitute, devoid, void). (various references)

Welsh		seithugio (balk, thwart). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	conpresserit, conpresserunt, conprimaris, conprimebant, conprimentem, conprimerent, conprimit, conprimunt, preoccupo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Galatians Chapter 2, Verse 21
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ouk aqetw thn carin tou qeou ei gar dia nomou dikaiosunh ara cristoV dwrean apeqanen
Latin	405	Vulgate	Non abicio gratiam Dei si enim per legem iustitia ergo Christus gratis mortuus est
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Y caste not awey the grace of God; for if riytwisnesse be thoruy lawe, thanne Crist diede with out cause.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	I despyse not the grace of God. For if rightewesnes come of the lawe then Christ dyed in vayne.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness is attainable by the law, then Christ hath died in vain.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	I do not make the grace of God of no effect: because if righteousness is through the law, then Christ was put to death for nothing.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Galatians Chapter 2, Verse 21
Cebuano	Wala ko pagpakyasa ang grasya sa Dios; kay kon ang pagkamatarung pinaagi pa sa pagbantay sa kasugoan, nan, si Cristo namatay sa wala lang diay ing hinungdan.
Croatian	Ne dokidam milosti Božje! Doista, ako je opravdanje po Zakonu, onda je Krist uzalud umro.
Danish	Jeg ophæver ikke Guds Nåde; thi er der Retfærdighed ved Loven, da er jo Kristus død forgæves.
Dutch	Ik doe de genade Gods niet te niet; want indien de rechtvaardigheid door de wet is, zo is dan Christus tevergeefs gestorven.
Finnish	En minä tee mitättömäksi Jumalan armoa, sillä jos vanhurskaus on saatavissa lain kautta, silloinhan Kristus on turhaan kuollut.
French	Je ne rejette pas la grâce de Dieu; car si la justice s`obtient par la loi, Christ est donc mort en vain.
German	Ich werfe nicht weg die Gnade Gottes; denn so durch das Gesetz die Gerechtigkeit kommt, so ist Christus vergeblich gestorben.
Haitian Creole	Mwen pa voye favè Bondye fè m' lan jete. Paske, si lalwa ka fè Bondye fè yon moun gras, enben, Kris la mouri pou gremesi.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Saya tidak meremehkan rahmat Allah. Kalau hubungan orang dengan Allah menjadi baik kembali karena menjalankan hukum agama, itu berarti kematian Kristus tidak ada gunanya!
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Maka tiadalah aku menolakkan anugerah Allah; karena jikalau kebenaran itu datang dengan jalan Taurat, maka Kristus mati itu sia-sialah sahaja.
Italian	Non annullo dunque la grazia di Dio; infatti se la giustificazione viene dalla legge, Cristo è morto invano.
Latvian	Es neatmetu Dieva þçlastîbu. Bet ja likums mûs attaisno, tad Kristus ir veltîgi miris.
Maori	Kahore aku whakakahore i te aroha noa o te Atua: mehemea hoki i na runga mai te tika i te ture, maumau mate noa a te Karaiti.
Norwegian	Jeg akter ikke Guds nåde for intet; for er rettferdighet å få ved loven, da er altså Kristus død forgjeves.
Portuguese	Não faço nula a graça de Deus; porque, se a justiça vem mediante a lei, logo Cristo morreu em vão.
Rumanian	Nu vreau sq fac zqdarnic harul lui Dumnezeu; cqci dacq neprihqnirea se capqtq prin Lege, degeaba a murit Hristos.
Shuar	Yus ti pénker asamtai itiurak "Kristu ántar jakamiayi" Títiaj. Iis, aya akupkamun umirkan pénker ajasminiaitkiuinkia, nuikia Kristu ántar Jákaayi.
Swahili	Sipendi kuikataa neema ya Mungu. Kama mtu huweza kukubaliwa kuwa mwadilifu kwa njia ya Sheria, basi, Kristo alikufa bure!
Swedish	Jag förkastar icke Guds nåd. Om rättfärdighet kunde vinnas genom lagen, då hade ju Kristus icke behövt lida döden.
Uma	Alata'ala mpomonoa' -ta hi poncilo-na ngkai kabula rala-na. Uma-hana lompe' ane tasapuaka kabula rala-na toe. Ane rapa' -na ria mpu'u ohea-ta jadi' monoa' hi poncilo Alata'ala ngkai petuku' -ta hi Atura Musa, ke uma ria kalaua-na Kristus mate.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "frustrate": frustrated, frustrates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Frustrate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: frustrat, frustrator, fustrate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "frustrate" (pronounced fru"strā't)
5	-s t r ā' t	administrate, castrate, demonstrate, illustrate, magistrate, orchestrate, substrate.
4	-t r ā' t	arbitrate, concentrate, infiltrate, nitrate, penetrate, perpetrate.
3	-r ā' t	airfreight, aspirate, birthrate, calibrate, carbohydrate, celebrate, consecrate, denigrate, disintegrate, emigrate, gyrate, hydrate, immigrate, integrate, migrate, narrate, reintegrate, serrate, vertebrate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-f-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	-1 letter: tartufes.
	-2 letters: fraters, rafters, ratters, restart, starter, stature, strafer, tartufe, truster, tufters, turrets.
	-3 letters: afters, arrest, astute, farers, faster, fatter, feuars, frater, frusta, rafter, rarest, raster, rasure, raters, ratter, starer, stater, statue, strafe, surfer, tarres, tarter, taster, taters, tauter, terras, tetras, treats, truest, tufter, turret, urares, urates, utters.
	-4 letters: after, aster, aures, farer, fares.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-f-r-r-s-t-t-u"
	+1 letter: frustrated, frustrates.
	+2 letters: trifurcates.
	+3 letters: postfracture, quarterstaff.
	+4 letters: flutterboards, postfractures, quarterstaffs.
	+5 letters: infrastructure, tetrafluorides, ultrafiltrates.
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