Local English word record

frustrated

adjective · 1 sense

disappointingly unsuccessful

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Examples

  • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
  • their foiled attempt to capture Calais
  • many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
  • his best efforts were thwarted

Word relationships

Synonyms

defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, thwarted

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