Thesaurus: frustrate

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1. a. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
2. v. t. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose.
3. v. t. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
4. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
5. v. treat cruelly
6. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak. 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine Milton. 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Syn. -- To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.
7. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory;of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak.
8. v:100 v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of v treat cruelly