frustrate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 verb
hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of
What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge
Types & categories
- foreclose hypernym
- disappoint hyponym
- dash hyponym
- short-circuit hyponym
- ruin hyponym
Related & opposite
- double cross also see
- thwarting derivation
- frustration derivation
- frustration derivation
- obstructor derivation
- crown of thorns derivation
- thwarting derivation
Sense 2 verb
treat cruelly
The children tormented the stuttering teacher
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- excruciation derivation
- worrying derivation
- frustration derivation
- harassment derivation
- tormenter derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | also see | Related & opposite | double cross |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | obstructor |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crown of thorns |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | thwarting |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | foreclose |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disappoint |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dash |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | short-circuit |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ruin |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | excruciation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | worrying |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | frustration |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | harassment |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | tormenter |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | hassle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | madden |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hamstring |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tease |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | persecute |