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- pronunciation:
- fruh
streIt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Builder
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
frustrates, frustrating, frustrated |
| definition 1: |
to prevent from happening or being done.
Bad weather frustrated our plans for a picnic.- synonyms:
- balk, block, hamper, obstruct
- antonyms:
- satisfy
- similar words:
- blight, cancel, check, prevent, undo, void
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| definition 2: |
to disappoint or puzzle.
It frustrates me that she doesn't listen.- synonyms:
- baffle, disappoint, puzzle
- antonyms:
- please
- similar words:
- bewilder, confuse, muddle
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| related words: |
avert, bar, break, dash, disappoint, hamper, prohibit, resist |
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| derivations: |
frustrative (adj.), frustrater (n.) |
Word Builder: frustrate +
- frustrated:
feeling frustration.
- frustrating:
causing frustration.
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