What it means
- (verb) To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired. “It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.”
- (verb) To hinder or thwart. “My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.”
- (verb) To cause stress or annoyance. “This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.”
- (adjective) Ineffectual; useless; fruitless.
Letter analysis
- Frustrate contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 12.
Sub-words
- astuter
- rafters
- restart
- starter
- stature
- turrets
- arrest
- astute
- faster
- fatter
- rafter
- rarest
- raster
- stater
- statue
- strafe
- surfer
- tarter
- taster
- tauter
- treats
- truest
- turret
- utters
- after
- aster
- fares
- farts
- fates
- fears
- feast
- feats
- fetus
- frats
- frets
- rafts
- rares
- rates
- rears
- safer
- stare
- start
- state
- strut
- surer
- tares
- tarts
- taser
- taste
- tears
- teats
- treas
- treat
- truer
- trues
- trust
- tufts
- turfs
- utter
Related words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with FRU
- fructified
- fructifies
- fructify
- fructifying
- fructose
- frugal
- frugality
- frugally
- fruit
- fruitcake
- fruitcakes
- fruited
- fruitful
- fruitfully
- fruitfulness
- fruitier
- fruitiest
- fruiting
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Words ending with ATE
Common questions
What does Frustrate mean?
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
How many letters are in Frustrate?
Frustrate has 9 letters.
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