frustrate someone('s plans)

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• frustrate */ — UK [frʌˈstreɪt] / US [ˈfrʌˌstreɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms frustrate : present tense I/you/we/they frustrate he/she/it frustrates present participle frustrating past tense frustrated past participle frustrated 1) to make someone feel annoyed …   English dictionary

• frustrate — frus|trate [ frʌ,streıt ] verb transitive * to make someone feel annoyed and impatient by preventing them from doing or getting something: She has always been frustrated by her inability to draw. Activists and reformers are frustrated by the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• frustrate — frus|trate [frʌˈstreıt US ˈfrʌstreıt] v [T] [Date: 1400 1500; : Latin; Origin: frustrare, from frustra without effect ] 1.) if something frustrates you, it makes you feel annoyed or angry because you are unable to do what you want ▪ The fact that …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• frustrate — verb (T) 1 if something frustrates you it makes you feel annoyed or angry because you are unable to do what you want: I think the fact that he s working with amateurs really frustrates him. 2 to prevent someone s plans, efforts or attempts from… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• frustrate — [frus′trāt΄] vt. frustrated, frustrating [ME frustraten < L frustratus, pp. of frustrare, frustrari, to disappoint, deceive < frustra, in vain: for IE base see FRAUD] 1. to cause to have no effect; bring to nothing; counteract; nullify [to… …   English World dictionary

• frustrate — [frʌˈstreɪt] verb [T] 1) to make someone feel annoyed and impatient by preventing them from doing or getting something 2) to prevent someone or something from succeeding The bad weather frustrated their plans for a picnic.[/ex] …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• frustrate — verb 1) his plans were frustrated Syn: thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, balk, disappoint, forestall, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, snooker …   Thesaurus of popular words

• take the wind out of a person's sails — frustrate someone s plans, ruin someone s plans …   English contemporary dictionary

• spike — I. /spaɪk / (say spuyk) noun 1. a large, strong nail or pin, especially of iron. 2. such a nail used for fastening rails to sleepers. 3. a stiff, sharp pointed piece or part. 4. a sharp pointed piece of metal, etc., fastened in something, with a… …  

• frustration — noun 1. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals (Freq. 4) • Syn: ↑defeat • Derivationally related forms: ↑defeatist (for: ↑defeat), ↑frustrate …   Useful english dictionary

• cook — I. /kʊk / (say kook) verb (t) 1. to prepare (food) by the action of heat, as by boiling, baking, roasting, etc. 2. to extract ingredients for and prepare (a recreational drug). 3. to subject (anything) to the action of heat. 4. Colloquial to… …