frustrate
/ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all."
- "My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts."
- "Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears."
- "With its far larger population, China’s economy will inevitably come to eclipse ours, but that is hardly a mortal threat. In climate change, the world faces a huge collective-action problem that will require global cooperation. According to this view, treating China like an adversary will only frustrate our own long-term goals."
- "This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade."
- "Our frustrate search."
Etymology
From Middle English frustraten (“to prevent, disappoint, render useless”), from Latin frūstrātus, perfect passive participle of frūstrō (“to deceive”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). Compare French frustrer.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: frustraten, frūstrātus, frustrat
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/
- British English: /fɹʌˈstɹeɪt/
Usage
Inflected Forms
frustrates (present, singular)
frustrating (participle, present)
frustrated (participle, past)
frustrated (past)
more frustrate (comparative)
most frustrate (superlative)