frustrated
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /fɹəsˈtɹeɪt.ɪd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪt.ɪd/, (informal, nonstandard) /ˈfʌs.tɹeɪt.ɪd/
Verb
frustrated
- simple past tense and past participle of frustrate
Adjective
frustrated (comparative more frustrated, superlative most frustrated)
- Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
- 1895, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter VI, in One Fair Daughter, volume 1, pages 234–235:
- Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears.
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- Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.
- 2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
- Alan Pardew finished by far the most frustrated man at the Emirates, blaming fatigue for the fact that Arsenal were able to kill his team off in the dying minutes.
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- (Philippines, law) (of a felony or serious criminal offense) 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.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:annoyed
Derived terms
- average frustrated chump
- frustratedly
Related terms
- frustrating
Translations
foiled, stopped, disappointed
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suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent
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