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frus•trate

Pronunciation: (frus'trāt), [key]
—v., -trat•ed, -trat•ing,
—adj.

—v.t.
1. to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
2. to disappoint or thwart (a person): a talented woman whom life had frustrated.

—v.i.
to become frustrated: His trouble is that he frustrates much too easily.

—adj.
frustrated.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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