frustrate

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /frəˈstreɪt/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈfrʌsˌtreɪt/

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Verb

Plain form frustrate

Third-person singular frustrates

Past tense frustrated

Past participle frustrated

Present participle frustrating

1. If you frustrate someone, then you make him annoyed or upset.

   He is frustrated because his car is broken and doesn't start.