frustrate - Definition | Dictionary definition of frustrate

Definition of frustrate

hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"

Types:: show 10 types...; hide 10 types...; disappoint, let down
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; betray, fail
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; come short, fall short
fail to meet (expectations or standards); disenchant, disillusion
free from enchantment; dash
destroy or break; short-circuit
hamper the progress of; impede; ruin
destroy or cause to fail; undo
cause the ruin or downfall of; break
cause the failure or ruin of; shipwreck
ruin utterly

Type of:: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent
keep from happening or arising; make impossible

treat cruelly

Types:: show 5 types...; hide 5 types...; madden
drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves; hamstring
make ineffective or powerless; badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease
annoy persistently; oppress, persecute
cause to suffer; purge
oust politically

Type of:: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke
annoy continually or chronically