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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
frustrate
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
frustrate/thwart sb’s ambitionsformal (= prevent someone from achieving them)
▪ The weather threatened to frustrate their ambitions.
▪ Her lifelong ambitions had been thwarted again and again.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
increasingly
▪ But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.
▪ But as the game wears on, Jess is getting increasingly frustrated.
▪ On all the landings men now stood outside their cells, increasingly frustrated and increasingly cold.
more
▪ Consequently she becomes a less efficient shopper and a more frustrated one.
▪ This was more frustrating because of the missed opportunities.
▪ Nothing is more frustrating to a public servant.
most
▪ One of the most frustrating aspects of the game is its combat system, particularly the process of making soldiers.
▪ The most frustrating part has been trying to find a place to locate the business.
▪ One of the most frustrating part of travel today is the delay that seems inevitable at all stages.
▪ Of course, this is the most frustrating way to think about school reform.
▪ These shortcomings are most frustrating when it comes to the vital question of what to do next.
▪ One of the most frustrating things for me was not ever knowing what we were doing.
often
▪ Unpremeditated impulses were often frustrated by such hurdles.
▪ It was often frustrating for us, too, because we had to interpret for her.
▪ Learner drivers are often frustrated at the long wait for driving tests.
▪ That reformers are often frustrated testifies to the reality of what prison is about.
▪ However, these are often frustrated at branch level or by union officials in individual firms.
▪ We are often frustrated by our children and angry with them.
really
▪ There's one girl, Mary, who really frustrated me.
▪ I have no idea why this is happening and it is really frustrating both my girlfriend and me.
so
▪ What made it so frustrating for us all was that we knew we shouldn't have lost that series.
▪ I was so frustrated I started to cry.
▪ It's attitudes like that which so frustrate doctors.
▪ But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.
▪ It was so frustrating because I wanted to please our customers, but! was constantly having to say no.
▪ Which is precisely why the new data on women and drinking is so frustrating.
▪ It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating.
▪ Work inhibition is so frustrating to parents and teachers that they are bound to feel like exploding.
very
▪ I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating.
▪ In this case, it was very frustrating because we almost had a jury.
▪ To be a pawn is very frustrating.
▪ Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.
▪ They are very frustrated or angry or something.
▪ You are talking about a player who is frustrated, very frustrated.
▪ The two games previous to this were very frustrating.
■ NOUN
attempt
▪ Shea said the sparse cell where Salvi is housed is designed to frustrate suicide attempts.
effort
▪ Reporters have been frustrated in their efforts to catch even a glimpse of the procession of secret soldiers.
▪ The editor then began a long and frustrating effort to obtain permission.
▪ This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.
▪ Instead, in one quick trade, they saved themselves endless frustrating efforts.
▪ An insensitive allocation policy could only frustrate their efforts.
government
▪ This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.
▪ Our members are overwhelmed and frustrated by big government.
inability
▪ Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language.
▪ People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.
▪ How often have teachers been frustrated by their inability to introduce and implement change in their schools on returning from a course?
▪ So, frustrated by this inability to demonstrate his ideas, he developed an entire new musical theory.
lack
▪ I also hated being beaten by the wind and was frustrated by my lack of progress.
▪ He may become frustrated by the lack of dramatic coverage in the press.
▪ In many poorer countries they long to send out workers, yet are frustrated through lack of resources.
▪ He was particularly frustrated by a lack of funds to allow his campus to grow, some said.
plan
▪ Delightful prospect that this is, it is felt that certification problems will frustrate any such plans.
■ VERB
become
▪ Streetwise keeps students' motivation strong ... Teenage students at intermediate level can easily become bored and frustrated.
▪ As employees feel themselves hemmed in, they become frustrated and angry.
▪ Let him rest if he becomes tired or frustrated.
▪ Or if we prefer organic matrix models, we become frustrated with rigid bureaucracies.
▪ But he has become increasingly frustrated the 26-year-old forward is being overlooked by his country.
▪ People have become frustrated with the inability to get online and the slow speeds of the Internet.
▪ You become less tolerant and frustrated.
▪ Both men and women are becoming increasingly frustrated over control conditions of how, when, and where they do their work.
feel
▪ The selection of the correct key added on another minute or so and Sandison could only look on feeling helpless and frustrated.
▪ But I feel frustrated, too, at the degree to which they capitulated.
▪ She felt helpless and frustrated, without a thought in her head.
▪ In the evening, he felt useless and frustrated in helping Mark complete spelling and math assignments.
find
▪ I moan to Mum about the way I look and she finds that very frustrating.
▪ George said he always found it frustrating to play with Robbie because his son rarely seemed interested in playing with him.
▪ It is the left that finds the mismatch so frustrating.
▪ Aching to know what she truly thought and felt during those months in the Seattle hospital, I found her reports frustrating.
▪ But despite the desire, most people still find it frustrating to turn their ideas into actuality.
get
▪ They get tired, frustrated, irritable and downright incensed at times.
▪ When the child and parents begin to get frustrated and angry neither the child nor the parents show it at first.
▪ A little way along the street Peter was getting frustrated.
▪ Do you ever get frustrated listening to the radio?
▪ Once you've got her panting with frustrated desire, it's time to show control.
▪ But he got so frustrated with the software available for economic modeling that he began tinkering.
▪ He gets frustrated because people want some super-dramatic explanation for his turnaround.
▪ Even though I get frustrated very easily, I do not give up.
leave
▪ We discover that the mysteries in others, which used to leave us baffled and frustrated, now enrich our inner selves.
▪ The law has left some rejected contractors frustrated.
seem
▪ Dole often seemed frustrated and unsure of himself as Democrats blocked many of the bills he tried to move through Congress.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a frustrated artist/actor/poet etc
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Klaas was frustrated by the frequent traffic delays and vowed to do something about it.
▪ Thick fog frustrated their attempt to land on the tiny island.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Frustrate

Frustrate \Frus"trate\,

  1. [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, pro

  2. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.] Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. ``Our frustrate search.''
    --Shak.

Frustrate

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.

    Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ?
    --Milton.

  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.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
frustrate

mid-15c., from Latin frustratus, past participle of frustrari "to deceive, disappoint, make vain," from frustra (adv.) "in vain, in error," related to fraus "injury, harm" (see fraud). Related: Frustrated; frustrating.

Wiktionary
frustrate

  1. vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory v

  2. 1 (context transitive English) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. 2 (context transitive English) To hinder or thwart. 3 (context transitive English) To cause stress or panic

WordNet
frustrate

  1. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent" [syn: thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, baffle, bilk]

  2. treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher" [syn: torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun]

Usage examples of "frustrate".

Another, after a frustrating cruise around Iwo, constantly harassed by antisubmarine craft, was recalled.

The song expressed the frustrated sentiments of more than a million Okies, Arkies and hillbillies who made a long trek to the Golden State and found it was just another hard dollar.

Only recently it has been revealed how the Fuggers of Augsburg and their allies endeavored to manipulate or to frustrate its work in the matter of government regulation of industry and commerce.

Willy, for she could imagine how the bitter, frustrated Simon Bentwood would look upon his daughter favouring her son, and he with his handicap.

He urged the frustrated postal clerk to move to Bialystok, where local businesses were eagerly seeking German teachers and correspondents to German business houses.

It had been doing that when he was frustrated ever since he got the biosynthetic replacement after Galvan VI.

Frustrated, Vivien went to a massive breakfront wardrobe, fitted with huge pieces of silvered glass and flanked with cabinets of linen trays on either side.

Her face was crimson, her nostrils uncontrollably flared and shrank, and the turbulent swelling of those beautiful bubbies showed unequivocally that this was perhaps the most sincere manifestation she had ever shown in the act of love, or so at least I could conjecture after what she had already disclosed concerning her frustrating marital experiences.

A lifetime of compulsive overwork, too little distraction and relaxation, an -attempt at marriage that had never had a hope, and unceasing battles with meddling intellectual dwarfs whose only purpose in life seemed to be to frustrate his goals had left him with a Damoclean blood pressure that threatened to smite him at any time, and an accompanying heart condition that made any excitement an invitation to a terminal attack.

Langdon had been kicked, scratched, held, and even bitten once by a frustrated defenseman from whom Langdon had continuously twisted away.

Before the close of the year the Directoire pushed a step further, and Hoche made an attempt, frustrated by bad weather, to disembark in Ireland, which was ready to revolt against England.

Frustrated, she reached empathically to touch Laeth and assure herself that he was well.

The defence of our extensive Canadian frontier depended mainly upon the volunteer militia force of the scattered Provinces, and to their patriotism and gallantry in springing to arms when their services were needed to defend their native land, may be ascribed the glory of frustrating the attempts of the Fenian invaders to establish themselves on Canadian soil.

I knew from frustrating experience that this game was the Bouvier des Flandres version of fetch.

He did not know that the matter was not in his hands at all, or that a power far greater than his own lurked above him, all but reading his mind, a power that would have frustrated an attempt to return to the village of Gato Mgungu and carried him by force to the new camp of Orando.