See frustrate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"text": "My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.",
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"ref": "2019 October 9, Farhad Manjoo, “Dealing With China Isn’t Worth the Moral Cost”, in New York Times:",
"text": "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.",
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"To hinder or thwart."
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"(transitive) To hinder or thwart."
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"text": "This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.",
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"glosses": [
"To cause stress or annoyance."
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"(transitive) To cause stress or annoyance."
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{
"ipa": "/ˈfɹʌsˌtɹeɪt/",
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"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "rasčaróŭvacʹ",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расчароўваць"
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razočarovam",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "разочаровам"
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrar"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustreren"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "turhauttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "lannistaa"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrieren"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mataióno",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "ματαιώνω"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "תִּסְכֵּל"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "whakahēmanawa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "frustrować"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "sfrustrować"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "razočarovyvatʹ",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "разочаровывать"
},
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "oblamyvatʹ",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"tags": [
"imperfective",
"slang"
],
"word": "обламывать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "rasstraivatʹ",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "расстраивать"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrírati"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to disappoint or defeat",
"word": "frustrar"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "faššala",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "فَشَّلَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "osuetjavam",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "осуетявам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "vǎzprepjatstvam",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "възпрепятствам"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "frustreren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "tehdä tyhjäksi"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "estää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "vaikeuttaa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "haitata"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "olla tiellä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "hidastaa"
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{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "mataióno",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "ματαιώνω"
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{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "whakakōpekapeka"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "whakapōnānā"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to hinder",
"word": "whakataunahua"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "krzyżować plany"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to hinder",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "pokrzyżować plany"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "mešatʹ",
"sense": "to hinder",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "мешать"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "prepjatstvovatʹ",
"sense": "to hinder",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "препятствовать"
}
],
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"ref": "c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:",
"text": "Our frustrate search.",
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"ref": "1874, James Thomson, The City of Dreadful Night, volume XVI:",
"text": "In all eternity I had one chance\nOne few years' term of gracious human life\n[…]\nAnd this sole chance was frustrate from my birth\nA mockery, a delusion; […]",
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"glosses": [
"ineffectual; useless; fruitless."
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"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "tšteten",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "тщетен"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "turha"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "hyödytön"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "hedelmätön"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "tščetnyj",
"sense": "vain, useless",
"word": "тщетный"
}
],
"word": "frustrate"
}
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