Definitions for frustrated
Overview of verb frustrate
The verb frustrate has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, foil, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk
(hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; "What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge"; "foil your opponent")
2. torment, rag, bedevil, crucify, dun, frustrate
(treat cruelly; "The children tormented the stuttering teacher")
Overview of adj frustrated
The adj frustrated has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
(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")
