frustrated
adjUK /fɹʌˈstɹeɪ.tɪd/ · US /ˈfɹʌs.tɹeɪ.tɪd/
1
Foiled, stopped, disappointed.
2
Suffering from frustration; dissatisfied, agitated, discontent and/or slightly angry because one is unable to perform an action or fulfill a desire, or something happened or someone else did something in a way one did not hope for, expect, or desire.
- She easily gets frustrated when it comes to financial matters.
- 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.2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian:
3
Law Philippines, Imperfect Imperfect form of execution of a crime in that, despite performing all the acts that should produce it, the crime fails to be consummated.
Of a felony or serious criminal offense
- 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.
- Derived terms
- average frustrated chump, flustrated, frustratedly, fuckstrated, unfrustrated
- Related terms
- frustrating