different between shrivel vs frustrate
shrivel
English
Etymology
First recorded as shriveled (“shrivelled”), probably of North Germanic origin related to dialectal Swedish skryvla (“to wrinkle, shrivel”); perhaps ultimately related to Proto-Germanic *skrinkwan? (“to shrivel, shrink”) or *skrimpan? (“to shrink”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: shr?'v?l, IPA(key): /????v?l/
- Rhymes: -?v?l
Verb
shrivel (third-person singular simple present shrivels, present participle (UK) shrivelling or (US) shriveling, simple past and past participle (UK) shrivelled or (US) shriveled)
- (intransitive) To collapse inward; to crumble.
- The plant shrivelled from lack of water.
- (intransitive) To become wrinkled.
- His fingers were shriveled from being in the bath for too long.
- (transitive) To draw into wrinkles.
- The hot sun shrivelled the leaves.
Derived terms
- shrivel up
Translations
References
shrivel From the web:
- what shrivels up
- what shrivels
- what shrivels in the poem
- what shrivels in the sun
- shrivel meaning
- shrivel up meaning
- what's shrivel in french
- shrivel what does it mean
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:
- what frustrates you
- what frustrated means
- what frustrates siddhartha
- what frustrates you the most in a classroom
- what frustrates you most at work
- what frustrates you examples
- what frustrates death about his appearance
- what frustrates your child
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