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frustrate (verb), frustrates; frustrated; frustrating
1. To prevent someone or something from succeeding or something from coming to fruition: All of the attempts to go out to sea were frustrated by high winds for Jim and his friends.
2. To make a person feel disappointed, exasperated, or weary because he or she is unable to accomplish certain goals or desires: The results of Judy's math test turned out to be very poor and so it frustrated her very much because she had studied so hard and so long to get a good grade.
3. To cause feelings of discouragement or bafflement: Susan tried again and again to solve the jigsaw puzzle, but it frustrated and confused her even though she worked on it so persistently!
4. To make ineffectual or invalid; to nullify: The failure of passing her final exam frustrated Evelyn’s hopes of passing her history class, so she had to take the subject over again!
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2. To make a person feel disappointed, exasperated, or weary because he or she is unable to accomplish certain goals or desires: The results of Judy's math test turned out to be very poor and so it frustrated her very much because she had studied so hard and so long to get a good grade.
3. To cause feelings of discouragement or bafflement: Susan tried again and again to solve the jigsaw puzzle, but it frustrated and confused her even though she worked on it so persistently!
4. To make ineffectual or invalid; to nullify: The failure of passing her final exam frustrated Evelyn’s hopes of passing her history class, so she had to take the subject over again!
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