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frustrated

UK/fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/US/ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
adjectiveC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,680 of 15,258neutral

Frustrated means annoyed because nothing you try is working. Feel frustrated, frustrated by the delays, deeply frustrated.

The blocking is what makes it — you are frustrated when the way forward is shut, not merely when something is unpleasant. It also means unfulfilled, as in a frustrated ambition. Note frustrate, from the Latin for in vain.

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Definitions of frustrated

  1. 1adjectivefrustratedAnnoyed because nothing you try is working.C1

    “She got frustrated when the printer jammed for the third time.”

frustrated is a state of annoyance.

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frustrated in the wild

  • British observers including a journalist termed the elections a "tragedy for democracy" and a "cynically frustrated exercise".

    1986 Bangladeshi general election

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