frustrated

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US /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/ UK /fɹəˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/
adj verb Freq #6533

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.

    She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.

  2. 2
    adj

    Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.

    A frustrated robbery may financially cripple the company or lead it to recover; a frustrated homicide or murder leaves the victim injured or wounded, not killed.

  3. 3
    adj

    disappointingly unsuccessful

  4. 4
    verb

    simple past and past participle of frustrate

  5. 5
    adj

    Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
3 adj · disappointingly unsuccessful defeated
Word family
Derived forms flustratedfrustratedlyfuckstratedunfrustrated
Related forms frustrating

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