frustrar — meaning in English

English meaning

• dash verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
• FOIL noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
• frustrate verb To prevent someone from achieving something, causing annoyance or disappointment.
• hinder verb To make something more difficult or slow to accomplish; to get in the way of.
• thwart verb To stop someone from succeeding at a plan; to block or frustrate it.

Senses

frustrar is used for these senses in English:

• dash (transitive) To dishearten; to sadden.
• frustrate (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
• hinder (transitive) To make difficult to accomplish; to act as an obstacle; to frustrate.

dash — full definition

1. verb To run or move quickly, usually for a short distance.
2. verb To destroy or ruin something, especially hopes or plans.
3. noun A short horizontal line used in punctuation, or a small added amount of something.

FOIL — full definition

1. noun A very thin, flexible sheet of metal, especially aluminum, used for wrapping food.
2. verb To prevent a plan, attempt, or plot from succeeding.
3. noun A person or thing that highlights another's qualities by contrast, especially in a story.
4. noun A thin fencing sword with a blunted tip, used in the sport of fencing.

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