v.
  - prevent (a plan or action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled. 
▸prevent (someone) from doing or achieving something.
 - cause (someone) to feel dissatisfied or unfulfilled.
 
adj.
 archaic frustrated.
 
  Derivative
  
    - frustrater n.
  - frustrating adj.
  - frustratingly adv.
  - frustration n.
 
   
  Etymology
  ME: from L. frustrat-, frustrare ‘disappoint’, from frustra ‘in vain’.