'Frustrate' definitions:
Definition of 'frustrate'
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Definition of 'Frustrate'
From: GCIDE
- Frustrate \Frus"trate\, v. t. [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. [1913 Webster]
- Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Frustrate'
From: GCIDE
- Frustrate \Frus"trate\, a. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frustrate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- annul,
- anticipate,
- arrest,
- baffle,
- balk,
- bar,
- beat,
- bilk,
- blast,
- block,
- brave,
- bring to nothing,
- buffalo,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- cast down,
- challenge,
- check,
- checkmate,
- circumvent,
- come to nothing,
- confound,
- confront,
- conquer,
- contravene,
- counter,
- counteract,
- counterbalance,
- countermand,
- counterwork,
- cripple,
- cross,
- dash,
- deceive,
- defeat,
- defeat expectation,
- defy,
- destroy,
- disappoint,
- discomfit,
- disconcert,
- discountenance,
- discourage,
- dish,
- disillusion,
- disrupt,
- dissatisfy,
- elude,
- evade,
- exasperate,
- flummox,
- foil,
- forbid,
- forestall,
- get around,
- get round,
- give the runaround,
- give the slip,
- go one better,
- halt,
- hamper,
- hamstring,
- hinder,
- impede,
- inhibit,
- interrupt,
- invalidate,
- knock the chocks,
- let down,
- lick,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nonplus,
- nullify,
- obstruct,
- obviate,
- offset,
- outfigure,
- outflank,
- outgeneral,
- outguess,
- outmaneuver,
- outplay,
- outreach,
- outsmart,
- outwit,
- overcome,
- overreach,
- pass the buck,
- perplex,
- preclude,
- prevent,
- prohibit,
- redress,
- repel,
- repulse,
- ruin,
- sabotage,
- scotch,
- spike,
- spoil,
- stonewall,
- stop,
- stultify,
- stump,
- stymie,
- tantalize,
- tease,
- thwart,
- undo,
- upset,
- victimize,
- vitiate,
- void