frustrate

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Synonyms: flustrate, prostrate, frustrated, lustrate, rostrate, frustrative, frustrater, flusterate, frustrates, erostrate, frustrable

Antonyms: flustrate, prostrate, frustrated, lustrate, rostrate, frustrative, frustrater, flusterate, frustrates, erostrate, frustrable

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Verb

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.
3. To cause stress or annoyance.
   • This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.

Adjective

1. Ineffectual; useless; fruitless.

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