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Vinony

frustrate

verb

  1. cause angst, experiencing angst
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/ / /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English frustrat (“prevented, disappointed, rendered useless”, adjective as well as past participle of frustraten (see Etymology 1)), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

  1. ineffectual; useless; fruitless.

    “Our frustrate search.”

    “In all eternity I had one chance One few years' term of gracious human life […] And this sole chance was frustrate from my birth A mockery, a delusion; […]”

verb

Etymology: From Middle English frustraten (“to prevent, disappoint, render useless”), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French frustrer.

  1. To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

    “It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.”

  2. To hinder or thwart.

    “My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.”

    “Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears.”

  3. To cause stress or annoyance.

    “This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.”