- 1. a. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. Source: opted
- 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. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed. Source: opted
- 4. v. hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of Source: wordnet
- 5. v. treat cruelly Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 7. Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory;of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak. Source: adambom
- 8. v:100 v hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of v treat cruelly Source: ecdict
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