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frustrate(2)(dictionary)
frustrate(dictionary)

frustrate(2) (iou)



frustrate verb trans. Pa. pple frustrated, frustrate. LME.
[Latin frustrat- pa. ppl stem of frustrari, from frustra in vain: see -ATE3.]
Balk, disappoint (a person). Now also, make discontented through inability to achieve one's desires (material, spiritual, or sexual) (esp. as frustrated pa. pple & ppl adjective). Now occas. foll. by of (a desired object). LME.
W. Dampier Being frustrated of getting over the River. D. Athill On the threshold of anything promising he is always frustrated by disaster apparently beyond his control. R. F. Hobson Feeling frustrated by this apparently insoluble problem.
Make ineffectual; counteract; disappoint (a hope, an expectation); foil (a plan). LME.
L. Strachey The French intrigue must be frustrated at all hazards. W. S. Churchill His hopes of invading England..with French assistance were frustrated. E. Muir These things we know and..Either frustrate or..endure. H. Carpenter Her hopes of frustrating Meg's romance.
b. Law. Annul, invalidate. Now esp., cause (a contract) to be terminated prematurely (see FRUSTRATION). E16.
frustratedly adverb in a frustrated manner, through frustration L20.
frustrater noun L17.
frustratingly adverb in a frustrating manner, so as to cause frustration M20.
'frustrative adjective tending to frustrate L15.
frustratory adjective tending to frustrate L15-E18.