different between frustrate vs obstruct

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)

  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?

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obstruct

English

Etymology

From Latin past participle stem obstruct- (blocked up), from verb obstruere, from ob (against) + struere (pile up, build)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?st??kt/
  • Rhymes: -?kt

Verb

obstruct (third-person singular simple present obstructs, present participle obstructing, simple past and past participle obstructed)

(Can we add an example for this sense?)

  1. To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See synonyms at block.
  2. To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder.
  3. To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:hinder

Derived terms

  • deobstruct
  • obstructed
  • obstructedly
  • unobstructed
  • unobstructedly

Related terms

Translations

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  • what restrictions
  • what restrictions apply to provisional licenses
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