Definitions for frustrates

frustrates frus·trate

Spelling: [fruhs-treyt]
IPA: /ˈfrʌs treɪt/

Frustrates is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 428 anagrams from letters in frustrates (aefrrssttu).

Definitions for frustrates

adjective

  1. Obsolete. frustrated.

verb (used with object)

  1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify:
  2. to disappoint or thwart (a person):

verb (used without object)

  1. to become frustrated:

Origin of frustrates

1400-50; late Middle English Latin frustrātus, past participle of frustrārī, verbal derivative of frustrā in vain

Examples for frustrates

She turned to retreat, but the other two were there to frustrate her purpose.

The delays would cause chaos and snarl traffic at checkpoints, frustrate orderly schedules, and make tempers short.

Cleveland, baffled and frustrate, straightened up and shut off his cameras.

But there was always a Great Power to frustrate these designs.

Such side-stepping will frustrate newcomers in search of elucidation, or at the very least a fuller picture.

As a result, using the language of war may only serve to frustrate and mislead the public.

But deadlock in Congress, with the focus on debt instead of demand, continues to frustrate the recovery.

The federal and state governments create cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all solutions that frustrate rather than serve.

Here is an opportunity to frustrate the authoritative (father) figure.

Did she, like the rest of them, suspect me of seeking to frustrate his suit by withholding his fortune?

Word Value for frustrates
Scrable

12

Words with friends

13

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