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Another word for frustrate

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Verb

  1. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose

      1. The part of a tree trunk left protruding from the ground after the tree has fallen or has been felled.
      2. A part, as of a branch, limb, or tooth, remaining after the main part has been cut away, broken off, or worn down.
      3. The legs.
      1. An upright post with a transverse piece near the top, on which condemned persons were executed in ancient times.
      2. The cross upon which Jesus was crucified.
      3. A crucifix.
      1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of:
      2. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
      3. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
      1. To be an obstacle to; prevent the advancement or success of; thwart or stump:
      2. An obstacle or obstruction.
      3. A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
      1. To prevent from being successful; thwart:
      2. To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.
      3. A repulse; a setback.
      1. To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
      2. To prevent the success of; thwart:
      3. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
      1. To move a piece placing (an opponent's king) under threat of being taken on the next move with no way of escape or defense possible.
      2. To defeat completely.
      3. A move in chess that checkmates an opponent's king.
      1. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee. A piece of paper that is a negotiable instrument drawn on a bank and payable on demand to the person identified as the payee.
      1. To stop short and refuse to go on:
      2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly:
      3. To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
      1. To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action:
      2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).
      3. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
    Idioms:
    See also:

    allow

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Another word for frustrate

Verb
      1. To deprive of confidence, hope, or spirit:
      2. To dissuade or deter (someone) from doing something:
      3. To try to prevent by expressing disapproval or raising objections:
      1. To fail to satisfy the hope, desire, or expectation of.
      2. To frustrate or thwart:
      3. To cause disappointment.
      1. To be an obstacle to; prevent the advancement or success of; thwart or stump:
      2. An obstacle or obstruction.
      3. A situation in golf in which an opponent's ball obstructs the line of play of one's own ball on the putting green.
      1. To make null; invalidate.
      2. To counteract the force or effectiveness of.
      1. To confuse or perplex, especially so as to frustrate or prevent from taking action:
      2. To impede the force or movement of (a fluid).
      3. A usually static device that regulates the flow of a fluid or light.
      1. To stop short and refuse to go on:
      2. To refuse obstinately or abruptly:
      3. To make an incomplete or misleading motion.
      1. To prevent from being successful; thwart:
      2. To obscure or confuse (a trail or scent) so as to evade pursuers.
      3. A repulse; a setback.
      1. To do better than (another) in a competition or battle; win victory over; beat:
      2. To prevent the success of; thwart:
      3. To frustrate the enforcement of (a motion, for example).
      1. To prevent the occurrence, realization, or attainment of:
      2. To oppose and defeat the efforts, plans, or ambitions of (someone).
      3. A seat across a boat on which a rower may sit.
      1. To keep from happening; avert:
      2. To keep (a person or thing) from doing something; impede:
      3. To anticipate or counter in advance.
    See also:

    prevent

    hinder

    disappoint

Synonym Study

  • To baffle is to defeat the efforts of by bewildering or confusing the crime baffled the police
  • Foil means to throw off course so as to discourage further effort or make it of no avail our plans were foiled by bad weather
  • Thwart and balk both mean to frustrate by blocking someone or something moving toward some objective
  • To frustrate means to deprive of effect or render worthless an effort directed to some end
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Sentence Examples

  • Rather than frustrate him, he found it entertaining.

  • "It makes me happy that I might frustrate him as much as he does me," she said.

  • She helped to frustrate the conspiracy with France which John concocted during Richard's captivity.

  • Also, as we are masters of Ulm, we cannot be deprived of the advantage of commanding both sides of the Danube, so that should the enemy not cross the Lech, we can cross the Danube, throw ourselves on his line of communications, recross the river lower down, and frustrate his intention should he try to direct his whole force against our faithful ally.

  • The change in the government of the church, the rival council of Pisa, the ecclesiastical and political dissensions within and without the council, and the lack of disinterestedness on the part of its members, all combined to frustrate the hopes which its convocation had awakened.

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