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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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
frustrated
adjective: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn: {defeated}, {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled}, {thwarted}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "frustrated": asexual, baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, castrated, chapfallen, cold, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, emasculated, eunuchized, foiled, frigid, ill done-by, ill-served, impotent, let down, neuter, neutral, out of countenance, regretful, sexless, sorely disappointed, soured, thwarted, unsexed, unsexual
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