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frustrator

frustrator noun: someone who frustrates (hinders, thwarts, disconcerts) the plans or aims of another person.

Noun

frustrator (plural frustrators)

  1. Someone who frustrates (hinders, thwarts, disconcerts) the plans or aims of another person.
    • Technology will be the ultimate facilitator or frustrator of international crime. In either case, the United States will be at the center as the principal exporter or victim of criminal activity.2003, L. R. Scheman, Greater America, New York, N.Y.: New York University Press, →ISBN, page 53

Forms of frustrator

pluralfrustrators

Origin of frustrator

Borrowed from Latin frūstrātor. Doublet of frustrater.

Questions about frustrator

What does frustrator mean?
Frustrator means someone who frustrates (hinders, thwarts, disconcerts) the plans or aims of another person.
What part of speech is frustrator?
Frustrator is a noun.
What is the plural of frustrator?
The plural of frustrator is frustrators.

Words near frustrator in the dictionary

  1. frustratingly
  2. frustration
  3. frustrational
  4. frustrations
  5. frustrative
  6. frustrator
  7. frustrators
  8. frustratory
  9. frustrule
  10. frustrum
  11. frustula

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