frustrated
Meaning of frustrated
adjective
- feeling or expressing distress and annoyance resulting from an inability to change or achieve something.
young people get frustrated with the system
- (of a person) unable to follow or be successful in a particular career.
a frustrated actor
- prevent (a plan or attempted action) from progressing, succeeding, or being fulfilled.
the rescue attempt was frustrated by bad weather
- cause (someone) to feel upset or annoyed as a result of being unable to change or achieve something.
it frustrated me that more couldn't be done for her
late Middle English: from Latin frustrat- ‘disappointed’, from the verb frustrare, from frustra ‘in vain’.
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Hyphenation of frustrated
frus-trated
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- frustrated is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
frustrated synonyms
Meaning defeated:
defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, thwarted
Meaning oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully:
Meaning win a victory over (someone) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat:
Meaning prevent (something considered wrong or undesirable) from succeeding:
Meaning put an obstacle in the way of (something proposed or attempted):
Meaning prevent (an action or event) from happening:
Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:
Meaning diminish or destroy the value or quality of:
Meaning stop or slow the progress of (something, typically something undesirable):
Meaning thwart or hinder (a plan or person):
Meaning find a way around (an obstacle):
Meaning prevent (hopes or expectations) from being realized:
Meaning prevent or obstruct (an anticipated event or action) by taking advance action:
Meaning fasten (something, especially a door or window) with a bar or bars:
Meaning destroy or frustrate (hopes or expectations):
Meaning decisively put an end to:
Meaning put an end to; suppress:
Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:
Meaning cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally:
Meaning restrain or regulate (a fluid, sound, etc.):
Meaning make legally null and void; invalidate:
Meaning subject (oneself or one's opponent) to a snooker:
Meaning (in various sports) impede (a player in the opposing team) in a manner which constitutes an offence:
Meaning delay or prevent (someone or something) by obstructing them; hinder:
Meaning a basket with a carrying handle and a hinged lid, used for food, cutlery, and plates on a picnic:
Meaning make it difficult for (someone) to do something or for (something) to happen:
Meaning make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:
Meaning restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles:
Meaning severely restrict the efficiency or effectiveness of:
Meaning cause severe and disabling damage to; deprive of the ability to function normally:
Meaning prevent or hinder the progress of:
Meaning ruin, incapacitate, or break:
Meaning a hole in a ship's side to carry water overboard from the deck:
Meaning irritate and frustrate (someone) intensely:
Meaning make (someone) extremely angry and impatient:
Meaning make (someone) a little angry; irritate:
Meaning fill (someone) with anger; provoke anger in:
Meaning make (someone) extremely annoyed:
Meaning make (someone) feel annoyed, frustrated, or worried, especially with trivial matters:
Meaning make (someone) annoyed or a little angry:
Meaning irritate; annoy:
Meaning make (someone) feel bitter or resentful:
Meaning make or become unpleasant, acrimonious, or difficult:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence:
Meaning cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope:
Meaning make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected:
Meaning fail to satisfy (someone):
Meaning make (a problem, injury, or offence) worse or more serious:
Meaning conceal a miniature microphone in (a room or device) in order to listen to or record someone's conversations secretly:
Meaning annoy:
Meaning cause annoyance to:
frustrated antonyms
Meaning make it easier or possible for (someone) to do something by offering one's services or resources:
Meaning make (an action or process) easy or easier:
Meaning cause to feel happy and satisfied:
Translation of frustrated
- Italian: deluso, frustrato
- German: enttäuscht
- Spanish: decepcionado, frustrado
- French: déçu, frustré
- Portuguese: decepcionado, desapontado
Words that rhyme with frustrated
ated, solvaated, abated, acerbated, aerobated, approbated, barbated, bated, bilobated, cohobated, combated, conglobated, debated, delibated, elumbated, exacerbated, extubated, globated, incubated, interdebated, intubated, libated, lobated, masturbated, nimbated, outdebated, overdebated, palmilobated, perturbated, precombated, probated, quinquelobated, rebated, reprobated, surbated, titubated, trilobated, unabated, unbated, uncombated, unconglobated, undebated, unexacerbated, unincubated, unprobated, unrebated, unreprobated, abdicated, abjudicated, adjudicated
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