 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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" [syn: {thwart},
{queer}, {spoil}, {scotch}, {foil}, {cross}, {baffle},
{bilk}]
2: treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering
teacher" [syn: {torment}, {rag}, {bedevil}, {crucify}, {dun}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frustrate \Frus"trate\, adjective [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare,
frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout
effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E.
fraud.]
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil;
nugatory; of no effect. ''Our frustrate search.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Frustrate \Frus"trate\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Frustrated}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Frustrating}.]
1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose;
to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a
plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or
purpose.
Shall the adversary thus obtain
His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton.
2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no
effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "frustrate":
annul, anticipate, arrest, baffle, balk, bar, beat, bilk, blast,
block, brave, bring to nothing, buffalo, buffer, cancel,
cancel out, cast down, challenge, check, checkmate, circumvent,
come to nothing, confound, confront, conquer, contravene, counter,
counteract, counterbalance, countermand, counterwork, cripple,
cross, dash, deceive, defeat, defeat expectation, defy, destroy,
disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, discourage,
dish, disillusion, disrupt, dissatisfy, elude, evade, exasperate,
flummox, foil, forbid, forestall, get around, get round,
give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, halt, hamper,
hamstring, hinder, impede, inhibit, interrupt, invalidate,
knock the chocks, let down, lick, negate, negativate, negative,
neutralize, nonplus, nullify, obstruct, obviate, offset, outfigure,
outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach,
outsmart, outwit, overcome, overreach, pass the buck, perplex,
preclude, prevent, prohibit, redress, repel, repulse, ruin,
sabotage, scotch, spike, spoil, stonewall, stop, stultify, stump,
stymie, tantalize, tease, thwart, undo, upset, victimize, vitiate,
void
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