frustrate

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verb

1. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (Freq. 5)
- What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
- foil your opponent
• Syn:
thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil,
cross, baffle, bilk
• See Also:
double cross (for: cross)
• Derivationally related forms:
frustrative, frustration, cross (for: cross), foiling (for: foil), thwarter (for: thwart), thwarting (for: thwart)
• Hypernyms:
prevent, forestall, foreclose, preclude, forbid
• Hyponyms:
disappoint, let down, dash, short-circuit, ruin
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
2. treat cruelly
- The children tormented the stuttering teacher
• Syn:
torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun
• Derivationally related forms:
frustration, crucifixion (for: crucify), bedevilment (for: bedevil), torment (for: torment), tormenter (for: torment), tormentor (for: torment)
• Hypernyms:
harass, hassle, harry, chivy, chivvy,
chevy, chevvy, beset, plague, molest, provoke
• Hyponyms:
madden, hamstring, tease, badger, pester,
bug, beleaguer, persecute, oppress
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- The performance is likely to frustrate Sue

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, baffle, bilk