different between frustrate vs failure

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?

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”).

Pronunciation

• (Canada, General American) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.j?/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?fe?l.j?/

Noun

failure (countable and uncountable, plural failures)

1. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
2. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
3. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function; breakdown.
4. Bankruptcy.

Synonyms

• (person incapable of success): loser

Antonyms

• (state or condition): success, triumph

Derived terms

• ground failure
• power failure

Related terms

• fail

Translations