Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to frustrate
Participle: frustrated
Gerund: frustrating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | frustrate |
| you | frustrate |
| he;she;it | frustrates |
| we | frustrate |
| you | frustrate |
| they | frustrate |
Perfect
| I | have frustrated |
| you | have frustrated |
| he;she;it | has frustrated |
| we | have frustrated |
| you | have frustrated |
| they | have frustrated |
Past
| I | frustrated |
| you | frustrated |
| he;she;it | frustrated |
| we | frustrated |
| you | frustrated |
| they | frustrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had frustrated |
| you | had frustrated |
| he;she;it | had frustrated |
| we | had frustrated |
| you | had frustrated |
| they | had frustrated |
Future
| I | will frustrate |
| you | will frustrate |
| he;she;it | will frustrate |
| we | will frustrate |
| you | will frustrate |
| they | will frustrate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have frustrated |
| you | will have frustrated |
| he;she;it | will have frustrated |
| we | will have frustrated |
| you | will have frustrated |
| they | will have frustrated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | frustrate |
| you | frustrate |
| he;she;it | frustrate |
| we | frustrate |
| you | frustrate |
| they | frustrate |
Perfect
| I | have frustrated |
| you | have frustrated |
| he;she;it | have frustrated |
| we | have frustrated |
| you | have frustrated |
| they | have frustrated |
Imperfect
| I | frustrated |
| you | frustrated |
| he;she;it | frustrated |
| we | frustrated |
| you | frustrated |
| they | frustrated |
Pluperfect
| I | had frustrated |
| you | had frustrated |
| he;she;it | had frustrated |
| we | had frustrated |
| you | had frustrated |
| they | had frustrated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would frustrate |
| you | would frustrate |
| he;she;it | would frustrate |
| we | would frustrate |
| you | would frustrate |
| they | would frustrate |
Perfect
| I | would have frustrated |
| you | would have frustrated |
| he;she;it | would have frustrated |
| we | would have frustrated |
| you | would have frustrated |
| they | would have frustrated |
Imperative
| you | frustrate |
| we | Let's frustrate |
| you | frustrate |
Verbs conjugated like 'frustrate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'frustrate'
flustrate,
flusterate,
fructuate,
lustrate,
prostrate,
arbitrate,
castrate,
eructate,
fenestrate,
filtrate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make difficult to accomplish; to frustrate, act as obstacle
- behedge, forestay, forslow, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hinder, hold up, impede, incommode, obstruct, overslaugh, prevene, prevent, restrict, retard, slow down, stay, thwart, thwarten, umbeset, undermine
- baffle
- beat, balk, bilk, check, buffalo, defeat, disappoint, disconcert
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1447, from L.
frustratus, pp. of
frustrari "to deceive, disappoint, frustrate," from
frustra (adv.) "in vain, in error," related to
fraus "injury, harm."
2. From Middle English frustraten (“to prevent, disappoint, render useless”), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French frustrer. See: French '
frustrer'.
Verbs referencing "frustrate"
Finnish with old forms
frustroida, Danish
frustrere.
Sample Sentences
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It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
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My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
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Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears. [1895, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter VI, in One Fair Daughter, volume 1, pages 234–235:]
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With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals. [2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times:]
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This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.