frustrateverb [ T ]
uk/frʌsˈtreɪt/us/ˈfrʌs.treɪt/frustrate verb [ T ] (DISCOURAGE)
to make someone feel annoyed or less confident because they cannot achieve what they want:
It frustrates me that I'm not able to put any of my ideas into practice.
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Making people sad, shocked and upset
- aback
- amiss
- appal
- be laughing on the other side of your face idiom
- bite
- burn
- hit/touch a (raw) nerve idiom
- horrify
- hurt sb's feelings idiom
- hurtful
- it'll (all) end in tears idiom
- laugh
- mess
- nose
- shake
- tear sb apart
- tear sb's heart out idiom
- torture
- traumatize
- twist/turn the knife (in the wound) idiom
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frustrate verb [ T ] (PREVENT)
to prevent the plans or efforts of someone or something from being achieved:
The continuing civil war is frustrating the efforts of relief agencies.
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Preventing and impeding
- avert
- avoid
- avoidable
- bar
- be a drag on sb/sth idiom
- block sth out
- blot
- bottleneck
- derail
- fireproof
- hold out on sb
- hold sb/sth back
- holding pattern
- impede
- impedimenta
- prevention is better than cure idiom
- preventive
- prohibit
- pull
- pull the rug from under sb's feet idiom
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