FRUSTRATED

defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

(adjective) disappointingly unsuccessful; “disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions”; “their foiled attempt to capture Calais”; “many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers”; “his best efforts were thwarted”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

frustrated

simple past tense and past participle of frustrate

Adjective

frustrated (comparative more frustrated, superlative most frustrated)

Foiled, stopped, disappointed.

Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, and/or discontent because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire.

Source: Wiktionary


FRUSTRATE

Frus"trate, a. Etym: [L. frustratus, p. p. of frustrare, frustrari, to deceive, frustrate, fr. frustra in vain, witout effect, in erorr, prob. for frudtra and akin to fraus, E. fraud.]

Definition: Vain; ineffectual; useless; unprofitable; null; voil; nugatory; of no effect. "Our frustrate search." Shak.

Frus"trate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating.]

1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine Milton.

2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.

Syn.

– To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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