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eschew
English
Etymology
From Middle English eschewen, from Anglo-Norman eschiver, (third-person present eschiu), from Frankish *skiuhan (“to dread, shun, avoid”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s?t?u?/, /?s?t?u?/, /???t?u?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?t?u/, /?s?t?u/, /?s?t?ju/
- (US, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /???u/, /???u/ or /??skju/
- Garner's Modern American Usage prefers /s.t?/, proscribes /?/, and does not recognize /sk/.
- (US, sometimes proscribed) IPA(key): /???u/, /???u/ or /??skju/
Verb
eschew (third-person singular simple present eschews, present participle eschewing, simple past and past participle eschewed)
- (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
Usage notes
- The verb eschew is not normally applied to the avoidance or shunning of a person or physical object, but rather, only to the avoidance or shunning of an idea, concept, or other intangible.
Quotations
- Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
- 1927, H. P. Lovecraft, "The Horror at Red Hook"
- He could afford no servants, and would admit but few visitors to his absolute solitude; eschewing close friendships and receiving his rare acquaintances in one of the three ground-floor rooms which he kept in order.
Derived terms
- eschewable
- eschewment
- umbeschew
- uneschewable
Related terms
- shy
Translations
References
Anagrams
- Schewe
eschew From the web:
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frustrate
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)
- (transitive) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
- (transitive) To hinder or thwart.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hinder
- (transitive) To cause stress or annoyance.
Translations
Adjective
frustrate (comparative more frustrate, superlative most frustrate)
- ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:frustrate.
Translations
Italian
Adjective
frustrate
- feminine plural of frustrato
Noun
frustrate f
- plural of frustrata
Verb
frustrate
- second-person plural present indicative of frustrare
- second-person plural imperative of frustrare
- feminine plural of frustrato
Anagrams
- sfruttare, sfrutterà
Latin
Verb
fr?str?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of fr?str?
frustrate From the web:
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- what frustrated means
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- what frustrates you examples
- what frustrates death about his appearance
- what frustrates your child
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