frustrate
Other forms: frustrated; frustrating; frustrates
When you frustrate someone, you do your best to annoy, confuse, or even torment that poor person. Maybe you constantly change your mind — that's sure to frustrate anyone who tries to make plans with you.
If you have ever been frustrated while writing, you may have dropped your pen — or pushed away your keyboard — and stared angrily out the window, thinking, "How will I ever do this?" Well, that pent-up doubting that has made you stop is a sure sign you are frustrated. Plans, too, can be frustrated, like the snow that frustrates our efforts to run our errands.
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hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of“What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge”
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disappoint, let down
fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
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dash
destroy or break
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short-circuit
hamper the progress of; impede
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ruin
destroy or cause to fail
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betray, fail
disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
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come short, fall short
fail to meet (expectations or standards)
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disenchant, disillusion
free from enchantment
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undo
cause the ruin or downfall of
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break
cause the failure or ruin of
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shipwreck
ruin utterly
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discourage or cause annoyance or upset
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