vverb.socialhinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) ofSynset:baffle bilk cross foil frustrate queer scotch spoil thwart
Examples:- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
Derivationally Related Form:crossfrustrationthwartingthwarterfoilingfrustrative
Hypernyms:forbid foreclose forestall preclude prevent
Inherited Hypernyms:thwartprevent
Direct Hyponyms:dashdisappointlet downruinshort-circuit
Full Troponyms:breakdashdisappointdisenchantfailfall shortruinshipwreckshort-circuitundo
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something | Sam cannot --- Sue (apply to: cross)
vverb.emotiontreat cruellySynset:bedevil crucify dun frustrate rag torment
Examples:- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Derivationally Related Form:tormentbedevilmentfrustrationcrucifixiontormentertormentor
Hypernyms:beset chevvy chevy chivvy chivy harass harry hassle molest plague provoke
Inherited Hypernyms:tormentharassannoydisplease
Direct Hyponyms:badgerbeleaguerbughamstringmaddenoppresspersecutepestertease
Full Troponyms:hamstringmaddenpersecutepurgetease
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The performance is likely to --- Sue (apply to: frustrate)
adj satadj.alldisappointingly unsuccessfulSynset:defeated disappointed discomfited foiled thwarted
Examples:- disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
- their foiled attempt to capture Calais
- many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
- his best efforts were thwarted
Antonyms:successful
Derivationally Related Form:discomfited
Inherited Hypernyms:defeated
Similar to:unsuccessful