frustrate

1. Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of (synset 202563998)
   "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent"
   hypernym: forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent - keep from happening or arising; make impossible
   hyponym:

   • disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations of
   • dash - destroy or break
   • short-circuit - hamper the progress of; impede
   • ruin - destroy or cause to fail
   synonym: baffle, bilk, cross, foil, queer, scotch, spoil, thwart
2. Treat cruelly (synset 201806967)
   "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"
   hypernym: beset, chevvy, chevy, chivvy, chivy, harass, harry, hassle, molest, plague, provoke - annoy continually or chronically
   hyponym:

   • madden - drive up the wall; go on someone's nerves
   • hamstring - make ineffective or powerless
   • badger, beleaguer, bug, pester, tease - annoy persistently
   • oppress, persecute - cause to suffer
   synonym: bedevil, crucify, dun, rag, torment

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