Frustrate vs Obstruct - What's the difference?
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To disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired.
To hinder or thwart.
To cause stress or panic
To block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.
To impede, retard, or interfere with; hinder: obstructed my progress.
To get in the way of so as to hide from sight.
Obstruct is a synonym of frustrate.
As verbs the difference between frustrate and obstruct
is that frustrate is to disappoint or defeat; to vex by depriving of something expected or desired while obstruct is to block or fill (a passage) with obstacles or an obstacle. See Synonyms at block.As an adjective frustrate
is vain; ineffectual; useless; nugatory.frustrate
English
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.