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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
frustrate/frʌˈstreɪt/
▶verb
- 1 prevent (a plan or action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.
■ prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something.
- 2 cause (someone) to feel dissatisfied or unfulfilled.
– derivatives
frustrater noun,
frustrating adjective,
frustratingly adverb,
frustration noun.
frustrater noun,
frustrating adjective,
frustratingly adverb,
frustration noun.
– origin ME: from L. frustrat-, frustrare ‘disappoint’, from frustra ‘in vain’.
'frustration' also found in these Oxford entries:
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