frustrates in English

verb

1

prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.

his attempt to frustrate the merger

synonyms: thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, balk, disappoint, forestall, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, snooker, obstruct, impede, hamper, hinder, hamstring, stand in the way of, stymie, foul up, screw up, put the kibosh on, do for, scuttle

verb

thwart, defeat, foil, block, stop, put a stop to, counter, spoil, check, balk, disappoint, forestall, dash, scotch, quash, crush, derail, snooker, obstruct, impede, hamper, hinder, hamstring, stand in the way of, stymie, foul up, screw up, put the kibosh on, do for, scuttle
exasperate, infuriate, annoy, anger, vex, irritate, irk, try someone's patience, disappoint, discontent, dissatisfy, discourage, dishearten, dispirit, aggravate, bug, miff
torment, rag, dun, bedevil, crucify
cross, baffle, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart, bilk

Use "frustrates" in a sentence

1. 12 He frustrates the schemes of the crafty,

2. This frustrates government efforts in checking desert encroachment.

3. Crabgrass is an annual weed that frustrates homeowners year after year

4. A situation, event, or condition that complicates or frustrates: her coming was a serious Complication

5. A situation, event, or condition that complicates or frustrates: her coming was a serious Complication

6. Synonyms for Averts include prevents, avoids, forestalls, precludes, stops, frustrates, helps, obviates, deflects and heads off

7. Slang One that depresses, frustrates, or disappoints: Getting stranded at the airport was a real Bummer. 2

8. 17 Nothing frustrates nontechnical people more than having to navigate an uncoordinated hodgepodge of screens and approaches.

9. Unregistered silt that of interpeduncular inexpiable; trampoliner, callirhoe where trapezohedral emirates frustrates Antipatriotically with respect to an ignitible removes

10. An Absconder is a person who evades the warrant of arrest and frustrates the court by pending the trial.

11. 27 There is ample evidence that the centralized way of organizing and managing frustrates the elementary quest for freedom Tolstoy describes so eloquently.

12. Complication /ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃən/ n a condition, event, etc, that is complex or confused the act or process of complicating a situation, event, or condition that complicates or frustrates: her coming was a serious …

13. “What really frustrates us,” he commented, “is to be commissioned by a pharmaceutical company to design an early-phase trial when we know already that it is going up a blind alley.

14. Whether you think the Electoral College is a silly Archaism that frustrates the people's will or a time-tested institution that helps preserve our republic, one thing is certain: That red-and-blue electoral map not only illustrates but dramatically inflates political, cultural, and geographic differences in …

15. Barry Allen is a police scientist (his job was later changed to a forensic investigator) with a reputation for being very slow, and frequently late, which frustrates his fiancée, Iris West.One night, as he is working late on a new case, a lightning bolt strikes and shatters a case full of unspecified chemicals and drenches all over Barry, temporarily knocking him out.