Frustrate (a.) |
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. |
Frustrate (v. t.) |
To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. |
Frustrate (v. t.) |
To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. |
Frustrate Synonyms |
Foil, Cross, Thwart, Double Cross, Scotch, Queer, Spoil, Bilk, Baffle |
Frustrate Synonyms |
Dun, Bedevil, Rag, Crucify, Torment |
Translations |
Frustrate in Spanish |
Example Sentence (Quote) "He who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things ought himself to be a true poem." - John Milton |
Example Sentence (Quote) "We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them." - Napoleon I of France |