FRUSTRATE

• (verb) treat cruelly

  "The children tormented the stuttering teacher"

  synonyms : bedevil , crucify , dun , rag , torment

• (verb) hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

  "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge", "foil your opponent"

  synonyms : baffle , bilk , cross , foil , queer , scotch , spoil , thwart

  last summer the children did everything they could to baffle their mother's plans for summer classes for them. -added by diviya_inlas

  you had to come along just then to bilk all those well laid plans of ours. -added by diviya_inlas

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