different between destroy vs frustrate

English

Etymology

From Middle English destroyen, from Old French destruire, Vulgar Latin *destrug?, from Classical Latin d?stru?, from d?- (“un-, de-”) + stru? (“I build”). Displaced native shend (“destroy, injure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??st???/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: de?stroy

Verb

destroy (third-person singular simple present destroys, present participle destroying, simple past and past participle destroyed)

2. (transitive, intransitive) To damage beyond use or repair.

3. (transitive) To neutralize, undo a property or condition.

4. (transitive) To put down or euthanize.

5. (transitive) To severely disrupt the well-being of (a person); ruin.
   • 2005, Kliatt Young Adult Paperback Book Guide

     Other girls in the foster home are eager to destroy her and get her kicked out of the place. It's a tough situation.

6. (colloquial, transitive, hyperbolic) To defeat soundly.
7. (computing, transitive) To remove data.

8. (US, colloquial, slang) To sing a song poorly.
9. (bodybuilding, slang, antiphrasis) To exhaust duly and thus recreate or build up.

10. (slang, vulgar) To penetrate sexually in an aggressive way.

Synonyms

• annihilate
• break
• demolish
• kill
• ruin
• waste
• See also Thesaurus:destroy

Antonyms

• build
• construct
• create
• make
• raise
• repair

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• stroyed

English

Etymology

From Latin fr?str?tus, perfect passive participle of fr?str? (“I deceive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???st?e?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?f??st?e?t/

Verb

frustrate (third-person singular simple present frustrates, present participle frustrating, simple past and past participle frustrated)

1. (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.

2. (transitive) To hinder or thwart.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
3. (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.

Translations

Adjective

frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)

1. ineffectual; useless; fruitless.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.

Translations

Italian

Adjective

frustrate

1. feminine plural of frustrato

Noun

frustrate f

1. plural of frustrata

Verb

frustrate

1. second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
2. second-person plural imperative of frustrare
3. feminine plural of frustrato

Anagrams

• sfruttare, sfrutterà

Latin

Verb

fr?str?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of fr?str?