- to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- to disappoint or thwart (a person): a talented woman whom life had frustrated.
- to become frustrated: His trouble is that he frustrates much too easily.
- frustrated.
- to hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart
- to upset, agitate, or tire
- frustrated or thwarted; baffled