frustrate
frustrate Lexical Profile
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• verb
To cause someone to feel upset, annoyed, or discouraged as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.
"The slow internet connection continued to frustrate the students as they tried to submit their assignments."
To prevent a plan, effort, or ambition from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.
"Heavy rain and flooding threatened to frustrate the rescue team's efforts to reach the remote village."
• adjective
Rendered ineffectual, baffled, or disappointed (now archaic).
"All their best efforts to negotiate a lasting truce proved utterly frustrate."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the late 15th century from Latin frustratus, the past participle of frustrari ('to deceive, disappoint, or make vain'), which derives from the adverb frustra ('in vain' or 'in error').