Thesaurus / frustrate
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The technology prevents brief silence between songs, which could frustrate listeners and cause them to switch to a rival.
HOW A.I. IS PLAYING A BIGGER ROLE IN MUSIC STREAMING THAN YOU EVER IMAGINEDJONATHANVANIAN2015OCTOBER 2, 2020FORTUNERivera has grown increasingly frustrated by the response to the pandemic from many industry leaders.
ERIC RIVERA IS PLAYING THE GAMEALBERTO PEREZOCTOBER 1, 2020EATERIt is in the shadow of that rule that so many of our other policy debates come to naught, leaving voters frustrated and confused.
THE DEFINITIVE CASE FOR ENDING THE FILIBUSTEREZRA KLEINOCTOBER 1, 2020VOXAs a first-year graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, Manthiram remembers being frustrated that his experiments weren’t turning out as expected.
THIS YEAR’S SN 10 SCIENTISTS AIM TO SOLVE SOME OF SCIENCE’S BIGGEST CHALLENGESSCIENCE NEWS STAFFSEPTEMBER 30, 2020SCIENCE NEWSThe class was especially intrigued by recent molecular analysis of pottery, yet frustrated by the brevity of the studies done to date on the topic.
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URBANKISAAN IS BETTING ON VERTICAL FARMING TO BRING PESTICIDE-FREE VEGETABLES TO CONSUMERS AND FIGHT INDIA’S WATER CRISISMANISH SINGHSEPTEMBER 17, 2020TECHCRUNCHSome of that influence, while frustrating to live through, ultimately turned out to be incredibly helpful.
‘HOW I BUILT THIS’ HOST GUY RAZ ON INSIGHTS FROM SOME OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS ENTREPRENEURSRACHEL KINGSEPTEMBER 15, 2020FORTUNEYour indomitable bravery will suffice to frustrate the attempt to carry out their plans.
THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDSJOHN FOREMANPerrott, who wished to hunt out rather than pardon him, watched the ports so carefully as to frustrate many attempts at evasion.
IRELAND UNDER THE TUDORS, VOL. II (OF 3)RICHARD BAGWELLMussulmans took, of course, no precautions against it; for how could merely boiling the water frustrate the Will of Allah?
THE CRADLE OF MANKINDW.A. WIGRAMWORDS RELATED TO FRUSTRATE
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
- invalidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
- abort
- abrogate
- annul
- balance out
- call off
- compensate for
- counteract
- counterbalance
- countercheck
- countermand
- counterpoise
- declare invalid
- discard
- discharge
- frustrate
- ignore
- invalidate
- make up for
- negate
- neutralize
- nullify
- offset
- overthrow
- put an end to
- recall
- recant
- redeem
- redress
- refute
- render inert
- render null and void
- repeal
- repudiate
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- rule out
- set aside
- suppress
- vacate
- void
- arrest
- baffle
- bar
- bit
- bottleneck
- bridle
- checkmate
- choke
- circumvent
- constrain
- control
- counteract
- curb
- cut short
- delay
- discourage
- foil
- frustrate
- halt
- harness
- hold
- hold back
- hold down
- hold in
- impede
- inhibit
- interrupt
- keep back
- limit
- moderate
- neutralize
- nip in the bud
- obstruct
- obviate
- pause
- play for time
- preclude
- prevent
- rebuff
- reduce
- rein in
- repress
- repulse
- retard
- slacken pace
- slow down
- snub
- squelch
- stay
- stop
- suppress
- tame
- terminate
- thwart
- withhold
- abash
- addle
- amaze
- astonish
- baffle
- becloud
- bedevil
- befuddle
- bemuse
- cloud
- clutter
- complicate
- confound
- darken
- daze
- demoralize
- discomfit
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- disconcert
- discountenance
- disorient
- distract
- embarrass
- faze
- fluster
- fog
- frustrate
- fuddle
- involve
- lead astray
- mess up
- misinform
- mislead
- mortify
- muddle
- mystify
- nonplus
- obscure
- perplex
- perturb
- puzzle
- rattle
- render uncertain
- shame
- stir up
- stump
- throw off
- throw off balance
- trouble
- unhinge
- unsettle
- upset
- worry
- abashes
- addles
- amazes
- astonishes
- baffles
- beclouds
- bedevils
- befuddles
- bemuses
- clouds
- clutters
- complicates
- confounds
- darkens
- dazes
- demoralizes
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- disconcerts
- discountenances
- disorients
- distracts
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- flusters
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- renders uncertain
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- stumps
- throws off
- throws off balance
- troubles
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- upsets
- worries
- beat
- bring to knees
- checkmate
- circumvent
- clobber
- control
- cream
- crush
- discomfit
- drub
- foil
- frustrate
- get the better of
- humble
- lick
- master
- outwit
- overmaster
- overpower
- override
- overthrow
- prevail
- quell
- reduce
- rout
- shut down
- subdue
- subjugate
- succeed
- surmount
- throw
- thwart
- total
- trample underfoot
- trash
- triumph
- vanquish
- whip
- wipe off map
- worst
- zap
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