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’.