'Frustrated' definitions:
Definition of 'frustrated'
From: WordNet
adjective
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" [syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]
Definition of 'Frustrated'
From: GCIDE
- Frustrate \Frus"trate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Frustrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Frustrating.]
- 1. To bring to nothing; to prevent from attaining a purpose; to disappoint; to defeat; to baffle; as, to frustrate a plan, design, or attempt; to frustrate the will or purpose. [1913 Webster]
- Shall the adversary thus obtain His end and frustrate thine ? --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make null; to nullifly; to render invalid or of no effect; as, to frustrate a conveyance or deed.
- Syn: To balk; thwart; foil; baffle; defeat. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'frustrated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- asexual,
- baffled,
- balked,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- castrated,
- chapfallen,
- cold,
- crestfallen,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- disappointed,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- dissatisfied,
- emasculated,
- eunuchized,
- foiled,
- frigid,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- impotent,
- let down,
- neuter,
- neutral,
- out of countenance,
- regretful,
- sexless,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured,
- thwarted,
- unsexed,
- unsexual