Barbarous vs Frustrate - What's the difference?
barbarous | frustrate |
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or panic
As adjectives the difference between barbarous and frustrate
is that barbarous is not classical or pure while frustrate is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.As a verb frustrate is
to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.barbarous
English
Alternative forms
* (obsolete) barbarouseAdjective
(en adjective)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)
Derived terms
* barbarously * barbarousnessfrustrate
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Verb
(frustrat)- It frustrates me to do all this work and then lose it all.
- My clumsy fingers frustrate my typing efforts.
- This test frustrates me because if I fail, it'll destroy my grade.