Dictionary Entry
frustrate
frustrate is a 9-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 5 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect.
- 2transitive verb
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.
- 3transitive verb
To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
- 4verb
treat cruelly
"The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
- 5verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
"What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"
"foil your opponent"
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