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# frustrate

verb (frustrate, frustrates, frustrated, frustrating)

«frustrate» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To frustrate someone is to make them feel cross and upset because they cannot do or get what they want. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#m1)
2. To frustrate a plan is to stop it from working. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and feelings lessons pupils learn to name frustration and calm it: take a breath, ask for help, try again. In stories, heroes frustrate the villain's plans. Phrases: «be frustrated», «feel frustrated», «frustrate someone's plans».

### Examples

- It frustrates me when my pencil keeps breaking. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x1)
- The rain frustrated our plans for a picnic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x2)
- He felt frustrated because the puzzle was so hard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x3)
- Don't let one mistake frustrate you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x4)
- The guards frustrated the thief's escape. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x5)
- Being stuck in traffic frustrates Dad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x6)
- When you are frustrated, take a deep breath and try again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/#x7)

### Note

Regular verb. «I am frustrated» (how I feel) vs «it is frustrating» (what causes it). Noun: «frustration». Feeling frustrated is normal when learning; it often means you are close to getting it.

## In Jewish tradition

Here it means to stop a plan from working, as the enemies of the Jews hired advisers to stop the building of the Temple. In the primary lessons: In stories and feelings lessons pupils learn to name frustration and calm it: take a breath, ask for help, try again. In stories, heroes frustrate the villain's plans. Phrases: «be frustrated», «feel frustrated», «frustrate someone's plans».

### Examples

- and hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. (Writings EZR.4.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frustrate/#x1)

### Note

Regular verb. «I am frustrated» (how I feel) vs «it is frustrating» (what causes it). Noun: «frustration». Feeling frustrated is normal when learning; it often means you are close to getting it.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «frustrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/frustrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frustrate» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/frustrate.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «frustrate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/frustrate/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«frustrate» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/frustrate.html) on Mova free.