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provident, saving, conservative, conservational, moderate:
Mother had to become quite frugal when father fell ill. 2
parsimonious, penurious, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, mean,
miserly, stingy, niggardly, tight(-fisted), close(-fisted), hand
to mouth: He led a frugal existence on his earnings as an
artist. 3 meagre, paltry, poor, skimpy, scant(y), small,
negligible, piddling: His frugal meal consisted entirely of
bread and water.
fruit n. Often, fruits. product(s), result(s), revenue(s), outgrowth,
outcome, consequence(s), return(s), advantage(s), benefit(s),
profit(s), emolument, payment, income, compensation, recompense,
desert(s): He didn't live to enjoy the fruit of his work.
fruitful adj. 1 productive, fertile, prolific, fecund; fructiferous,
frugiferous, fructuous: The soil in this valley is extremely
fruitful. 2 effective, worthwhile, well-spent, profitable,
successful, useful, rewarding, advantageous, beneficial,
productive, fertile: We had a fruitful meeting and accomplished
a great deal. 3 plentiful, abundant, bounteous, bountiful,
prolific, plenteous, copious, luxurious, rich, flourishing: We
expect another fruitful harvest this year.
fruition n. realization, fulfilment, consummation, achievement, success,
materialization, maturity, ripeness, maturation, completion;
perfection: I saw my plans for the town brought to fruition.
fruitless adj. barren, unfruitful, unproductive, worthless, bootless,
futile, pointless, useless, vain, idle, unavailing, ineffectual,
ineffective, unprofitable, for naught, to no avail,
unsuccessful, unrewarding, abortive: Our search for a new
manager has so far been fruitless.
frustrate v. 1 thwart, foil, stymie, block, baffle, check, balk or baulk,
disappoint, discourage, forestall, prevent, stop, halt, cripple,
hinder, hamper, impede, hamstring, defeat, counteract,
neutralize, nullify, counter, fight off, repel, repulse: So
far, we have been able to frustrate take-over bids for the
company. 2 discourage, disappoint, upset, exasperate: I feel
frustrated because mother won't let me help with the bills.
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