frustrated

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frustrated

A student looks frustrated while trying to solve a difficult math problem.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • Feeling or expressing distress and annoyance due to an inability to change or achieve something: The state of being upset or angry because of unmet goals, blocked efforts, or persistent obstacles.
    • Prevented from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled: Describes plans, efforts, or ambitions that have been hindered or stopped.
Usage
  • The adjective frustrated describes a person's emotional state or the condition of their efforts.
  • It is commonly used with prepositions like by, with, or at (e.g., frustrated by the delay, frustrated with the results).
  • It can modify nouns directly (e.g., a frustrated artist, a frustrated attempt).
Examples
  • Describing a person's feeling:
    • She felt deeply frustrated by the lack of progress.
    • The frustrated customer demanded to speak to the manager.
  • Describing thwarted efforts or plans:
    • His frustrated ambitions led him to seek a new career.
    • After another frustrated attempt to fix the leak, he called a plumber.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be frustrated in/at something": To be hindered or disappointed in a specific endeavor.
    • He was frustrated in his efforts to gain promotion.
  • "frustrated desire": A strong wish or need that has been blocked.
    • The novel explores the theme of frustrated desire.
Variants and Related Words
  • Frustrate (verb): To prevent (a plan or effort) from succeeding; to cause (someone) to feel frustrated.
    • The bad weather frustrated our plans for a picnic.
  • Frustrating (adjective): Causing feelings of frustration.
    • The frustrating process took much longer than expected.
  • Frustration (noun): The feeling of being frustrated; the act of frustrating.
    • He sighed in frustration.
Synonyms
  • Thwarted: Prevented from being successful.
  • Foiled: Prevented from succeeding; defeated.
  • Stymied: Prevented or hindered from making progress.
  • Disappointed: Sad or displeased because one's hopes or expectations were not met.
Antonyms
  • Satisfied: Content because one's desires or needs have been met.
  • Fulfilled: Achieved or realized; feeling happy and satisfied.
  • Successful: Accomplishing a desired aim or result.
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • Frustrated to tears: So frustrated that one feels like crying.
    • The complicated instructions left her frustrated to tears.
  • Vent one's frustration: To express one's feelings of frustration, often angrily.
    • He vented his frustration on a punching bag at the gym.
frustrated

A student looks frustrated while trying to solve a difficult math problem.

Adjective
  1. 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

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