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Definition of frustrate:
- 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.
- To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
- Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
Synonyms:
deflower, blow, nark, ball up, bother, beat, mar, twit, allow, fuddle, devil, razz, bait, cover, torture, cod, endanger, nullify, coddle, cut across, dumbfound, mortify, rile, call down, spoil, bodge, bollocks up, go bad, stupefy, foil, scotch, sweep, dress down, corrupt, counteract, evade, violate, regulate, mess up, muck up, stick, defeat, chide, stump, discombobulate, reproof, lambaste, bawl out, rape, jaw, bollix up, itch, trounce, chew out, balk, hybridise, cosset, get to, have words, fluff, puzzle, lambast, disappoint, nettle, pass over, confound, confuse, mystify, baby, pillory, fumble, thwart, expose, checkmate, cross, get, nonplus, take to task, queer, get at, ride, prevent, defeat, crucify, berate, blast, bedevil, pamper, chafe, scupper, irritate, bollix, savage, annoy, foul up, tantalize, cut through, muff, get over, befuddle, louse up, tantalise, retard, botch up, embarrass, flub, chew up, pose, cocker, bewilder, remonstrate, call on the carpet, bilk, tease, traverse, vex, despoil, stymie, featherbed, stymie, peril, intersect, vitiate, interbreed, rebuke, track, dun, bungle, torment, bumble, baffle, mishandle, screw up, bobble, excruciate, mollycoddle, rag, botch, plunder, get across, crossbreed, rack, elude, span, amaze, throw, perplex, bollocks, reprimand, fox, flummox, hybridize, taunt, indulge, subdue, scold, rally, gravel, lecture, cut the ground from under.
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de-motivate (part of speech: verb)
- dampen,
- impede,
- deter,
- paralyze,
- throttle,
- curb,
- daunt,
- dissuade,
- hinder,
- stifle,
- disincline,
- discourage,
- hamper,
- de-motivate,
- depress,
- dishearten
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hinder (part of speech: verb)
- cripple,
- block,
- thwart,
- burden,
- counter,
- congest,
- delay,
- oppose,
- baffle,
- inhibit,
- curb,
- snarl,
- obstruct,
- hamper,
- crimp,
- entrap,
- dam,
- fetter,
- constipate,
- mire,
- hamstring,
- constrain,
- complicate,
- deter,
- entangle,
- tangle,
- clog,
- snag,
- paralyze,
- stop,
- brake,
- handicap,
- detain,
- resist,
- restrain,
- hinder,
- stay,
- bung,
- foul,
- bar,
- impede,
- bottleneck,
- choke,
- jam,
- plug,
- drag,
- check,
- impair,
- cramp,
- restrict,
- encumber,
- catch,
- interrupt
Usage examples:
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Nature, however, which regards neither the majesty of kings nor the indignation of their subjects, made frustrate this unamiable design.
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For it was wonderful, and the imps were indeed frustrate, wholly frustrate.
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By betraying me, word or look, to Lucretia, you frustrate this aim; you plot against our rise and to our ruin.